But when his close friend , Bud Worsham , was killed in a car accident , Palmer quit school .
But when his close friend , Bud Worsham , was killed in a car accident , Palmer enlisted for a three - year hitch in the U.S. Coast Guard .
But when his close friend , Bud Worsham , was killed in a car accident , Palmer quit school and enlisted for a three - year hitch in the U.S. Coast Guard .