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Born at MacDill Field during WWII. Raised in Galesburg, IL. Attended University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Enlisted in the US Army for 3 years. Married 8 months before separation. Owned my business in Galesburg, IL for 35 years. Raised a daughter and 3 sons. Have 6 grandchildren, 3 boys and 3 girls. Married to my wife for 50+ years (17 MAY 69).
Military Experiences
Aug 1967 - Jan 1970
Counterintelligence Special Agent
Counterintellegece Annalist. Delt with and had leiason with US Federal and foreign government agencies as well as US and foreign military organizations. The end results were classified written Reports, Estimates, Surveys which were distributed to multiaple federal agencies. Some of the products could have been used help form agency polocies.
Paticipated in oral briefings for government officials, primarily military.
Apr 1967 - Jul 1967
Student
My class included 25 E-2's and 8 E-6, 5 & 4's who were cross training. Fourteen of the E-2's were promoted to E-3 before graduation. Upon graduation, 25 JUL 67, all class members were awarded Counterintelligence Special Agent, MOS 97B40.
My next duty station was in Washington, DC. Ft. Holabird was in Baltimore only 38 miles from DC. I was given $2.28 travel pay. I used it wisely since I had leave. I drove to my home in Illinois. From there I picked up my fellow 97B40 in Indianapolis. We proceeded to the 902nd MI Grp at Ft McNair. The 902nd offices were in temporary buildings outside the fort's wall. While reporting and signing in, My car was broken into. Several important things were stolen. There was so much stuffed in the car the thieves could not take it all. Welcome to DC.
Jan 1967 - Apr 1967
Basic Trainee
I was one of the few Regular Army recruits, being outnumbered by Army Reserve and National Guard. I became a Squad Leader within two weeks and moved to Platoon Guide in the fourth week. I remained the Platoon Guide until graduation.
Deployments
(3 years, 1 month)Jan 1967 - Jan 1970
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No deployments
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