A sister's early memory of when I left for the navy

With the goal of updating our Christmas card list, I was going through a box of cards from previous years when I came across old birthday cards, including some from my 80th birthday.  One from my sister Jerelyn had a note about some of her memories, including my leaving for the navy when she was a child.  I am citing that part of her note:

"An early memory I have is when you were going to the navy.  Daddy had taken you to McIntire  to get the bus.  Mama was upset and crying. I kept asking here what's wrong, and why is Roy leaving. I didn't understand what being in the navy meant."