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StoryCorps: Denny Meyer
From StoryCorps | Part of the StoryCorps series | 01:45
U.S. Navy veteran Denny Meyer remembers what it was like to be gay and a sailor in the late 1960s.
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When Denny Meyer enlisted in the Navy in 1968, he had to hide the fact that he was gay.
At the time, homosexuality wasn’t tolerated in the Navy and anyone found to be gay would be discharged from service.
At StoryCorps, Meyer recalled what it was like to be gay and a sailor in those days.