William Smedley:
CLASS OF 1958
North Arlington High SchoolClass of 1958
North arlington, NJ
Kearny High SchoolClass of 1958
Kearny, NJ
Queen of Peace High SchoolClass of 1958
North arlington, NJ
Jefferson Elementary SchoolClass of 1952
North arlington, NJ
William's Story
Life
Major, Field Artillery Retired USAR left in 1954, moved to Kearny. Still have fond memories of NAHS , and Khs. I was sent to Viet Nam twice in Field Artillery, 5 1/2 years in Germany 1960 to 1965, Aviation Maintenance. Went to OCS (Officer candidate School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Field Artillery after being an enlisted man for 10 years. I retired in 1978 and went to work for the Goodyear Tire and rubber company in Lawton Oklahome. I retired and moved back to New Jersey, in Mystic Isle.I bought a 28 foot coastal cruiser and plan on fishing away the rest of my days.
Military
I joined the Army on 10 September 1958. I had basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey and I was then assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. I was promoted to PFC there and later to corporal. In 1959 I re-enlisted and went to Fixed wing aircraft maintenance school at Fort Eustis, Virginia.
I was then assigned to Echterdingen army airfield in Stuttgart Germany. I stayed there for five years and six months ma...Expand for more
king sgt e-5. I met my wife, (deceased) there and we were married by a German Judge. (She was american and could never read our marriage certificate.)
I was reassigned from Germany to Edwards Air Force Base as the crew chief on the XC142 vertical takeoff aircraft. I was convinced by the commander to go to Officer Candidate School in 1968 from Edwards AFB. I was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Field Artillery after completing OCS.
I was then assigned to Fort Dix New Jersey where our son was born. I then went to Korea as a First Lieutenant and upon completion of that tour I was assigned to Fort Hood Texas.
I was promoted to Captain upon that assignment and from there it was off to Vietnam. Medevaced to Saint Albans Naval Hospital in New York. I went to the Officers Advanced Course from there and after completion I was assigned as an instructor in the Field Artillery School. I was later promoted to Major and I finished my career in 1978 at the Artillery School.
Do not ask me about Viet Nam. I do not talk about it to anyone.
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