 Another two years were then spent following his father to naval stations; altogether he attended about twenty schools during his youth.He was frequently disciplined in school for fighting.He later wrote, "The repeated farewells to friends rank among the saddest regrets of a childhood constantly disrupted by the demands of my father's career... At each new school I arrived eager to make, by means of my insolent attitude, new friends to compensate for the loss of others.