John Crawley
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 18 Apr
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They wanted me to learn Chinese.
They told me from my entrance exams I had a high language aptitude.
And then they talked to me about, you know, if you learn Chinese, when you leave the Marines, if you do leave, you can get into the CIA and the FBI.
Like little do they know that I wanted to join the IRA.
If they'd have known that, they'd have strung me up, you know.
But I didn't want to make it a career.
And then I got a chance when I was in advanced infantry training school.
I was called out to an administration block and I had no idea why.
It was a very unusual thing to happen.
Excuse me.
And there was a young Naval officer there, and he asked me would I go to the Naval Academy in Annapolis.
Now, the Naval Academy in Annapolis, it usually takes a congressional recommendation or a state senator for you to go there.
So they were offering me the opportunity of a lifetime right there and then, but I had to sign away 10 years of my life.
So they were going to take, after empty training, they were going to put me into a nine month prep school, four years of the academy.
After two years in the academy, I could choose whether I wanted to be a commissioned officer in the Navy or the Marines, but then I had to give six years guaranteed service.
So like 10 years right there and then, but I was determined, you know, to go home and join the IRA.
Of course, I didn't tell them that, you know, but...
if it wasn't for my Irish Republican ambitions, I probably would have jumped at that opportunity.
That was like, that was an opportunity not too many people get, you know?
Yeah.
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