Born in 1942, H. J. Gannon was raised in the San Francisco Bay area. After graduation from high school, he joined the Navy and went to boot camp in 1959. Twenty-two years later, with two Associate degrees from Olympic College in Washington State, and having served on board the USS John F. Kennedy, USS Ranger, USS Enterprise, various shore tours, including his last assignment as Officer in Charge at the Fleet Air Photo Lab Cubi Point the Philippines, he retired. Mr. Gannon opened a one-hour photo processing business and portrait studio in Arroyo Grande, California, which he operated for the nex...