Dive Stories From Back In The Day

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Originally Posted by AfterDark

These are great stories! As a youth I dived with a group called The Bay State Frogmen.
A great bunch guys ranging from the 30's to 40's old men to a 16 year old pup. One guy who kinda took me under his wing was Charlie he was at the tail end of the greatest generation. Old enough to remember WWII but not old enough to have served. Still forged from the same mettle as the rest,hard as nails but a kind and generous nature.
He always took me on dives he knew I was ready for even if I didn't think so! "Come on you ain't gona learn to dive unless you do it, just stay with me and if you feel like your gona s--- yourself let me know and we'll go up". So anyway the years go by and one day I was free diving / spearfishing around 1978 near a place called Kings Beach in Newport RI ...

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