Lawrence Quick Sr:
CLASS OF 1975
Rockridge High SchoolClass of 1975
Taylor ridge, IL
Lawrence's Story
Life
After returning home from the service I went to work at International Harvester and worked there until I was laid off in 1981. It was while working there that I meet my wife of the past 25+ years so it wasn't a total waste of time. We were married in 1982 and lived in the Moline area for the next four years where we had two boys. In 1986 I helped a friend move to Phoenix, Arizona and we ended up moving here shortly after that. In 1987 our daughter was born and we decided that was enough. Over the years we've gone from owning a house in town for 12 years to buying an 1.25 acre lot that we had a house built on just outside of town.
Military
In December of 1974 I enlisted in the Marine Corps going to boot camp at Paris Island, South Carolina. A...Expand for more
fter boot camp I was assigned to the 2nd Marine Air Wing at Cherry Point, North Carolina. After about six months there I volunteered for a six month tour of duty abourd ship that was going to the Mediteranean Sea. We visted Spain, France, Italy, Greese, and Turkey where we engaged in mock war games with Nato countries. We would be out at sea for a couple of weeks then be in port for a week to ten days. I've been to Barcelona, Spain - Caans, France - Naples, Italy to name a few. I enjoyed the first tour so much I volunteered two more times spending most of my last two years of duty their. While I enjoyed the travel alot I realized that the military was not what I wanted to do for the rest of my life and at the end of my tour in 1978 I returned home.
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