After I graduated from Carolina in 1959, I went to Naval OCS in Newport, RI. When I finally received my officer's commission there, I was assigned to the USS Canberra,
a guided missile cruiser.
The day of the Carolina/Duke football game that year, I was standing duty in the ship's radio shack. We were in the Atlantic Ocean, 100-150 miles from Norrfolk, VA. Although I do regret it now (well maybe, a little), and breaking all naval regulations against copying a commerical broadcast, I tuned into a station carrying the game. It turned out to be an amazing game. Coach Jim Tatum had died that summer and the Carolina team was determined to win this one for Tatum.
I was juimping up and down in the radio shack (strange behavior for a watch officer) but I can imagine the Carolina fans actually watching the game in the stadium must have been going wild. Carolina won by the astonishing score of 50-0. Although I was afraid to tell any of my ship mates about it, I was a very, very happy young ensign.
Thomas R. Iseley, 59
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