Delbert Dahlen Jr.:
CLASS OF 1969
Leigh High SchoolClass of 1969
San jose, CA
Delbert's Story
Hi All! Sandi Taylor asked me to tell my story!. Most of you that knew me in Mens Glee, and A Cappella Choir (Mr. Taylors class) knew me as probably kind of shy. I wasn't into sports and generally kept a low profile!
I left / got kicked out in my Junior year because I did something so incredibly stupid that although I was allowed to have my pic taken with the senior class in 1969 I wasn't able to graduate with my class. After that I went to Adult classes and did get my diploma in 1970. I went to work for Marie Callendars on Winchester in San Jose until I got drafted in 01/1971. Instead of going into the Army, I joined the Marines in 02/71. I was sent overseas and am a Viet Nam Vet.
I worked on and flew in the F-4 Phantom II Jet fighter. I stayed in the Corps until 1979 and left as a Staff Sergeant, when I became a Deputy Sheriff in Adams County Colo. (unincorporated Denver) in march 79, and have been a police officer since then. On March 3rd. 2011 I will have be...Expand for more
en an officer for 32 years! I plan on retiring when I turn 62 in 2013! I have been a road Sergeant, Deep undercover "Biker" I am a Police Firearms Instructor,(Police handguns, shotguns and automatic weaopons), A Roadside Sobriety Test Instructor, a Radar and Lidar Instructor and taught DARE classes to over 1500 kids between 1995 and 1999, and done many other 'wonderful" things through the years. I am presently single and have an 18 year old son. I live on the Oregon Coast in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area and can hear the ocean from my house! I have fond memories of Becky McCrae, Kris Jacobsen, and other friends like Jack Vossler, Jeff Garrett, Robert Sporleder, Pete Gallo, to name a few. I ran into Terry Cooley in Medford when I was an Officer in Talent Oregon about twenty years ago now. I'm healthy, and looking forward to retirement!(eventually!!!) Take care to all! Be happy to respond to posted emails on this site if you'd like to write! Del Dahlen.
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