James Harris:
CLASS OF 1971
Utica High SchoolClass of 1971
Utica, MI
James's Story
Shouldn't be a problem...telling a story...I have many. Some people have suggested I write a book, although I wouldn't buy it. LOL How about why I'm not in the yearbook? My brother (John) went in the military after HS. He enlisted in June and didn't go until October. My thinking was, I would do the same. So he came home in May, right after my 17th b'day, and talked me into joining, as things at home were pretty tense. (Did not get along at all with my step dad.) I went to take my physical, down at Fort Wayne, and when I was done, they had me raise my right hand, an I swore....lol Then, the surprise was they also handed me orders and a plane ticket too San Diego. I said "When?" He said my plane leaves in about 2 1/2 hrs. I had too r...Expand for more
un home, pack a bag, stop by an say good bye to my mother at work, my current girlfriend at the time, an get my butt to the airport. That was it, I was gone... That was exactly one month after my b'day June 9th. I only needed Gov.t an English too graduate, but they were going to make me take a full semester. NOT!!! I did once located in SD after boot camp, get my HS diploma from the ARMY NAVY ACADEMY in carlsbad calif. Since then, I have been in 22 countries, all but 5 of the states. I lived in texas 20 yrs, built my house, then lost everything in the worse divorce ever. Kicked around austin an san antonio for awhile, then left ALL MY EX"S IN TEXAS..an moved too canada, after ex tried too kill me twice...That's another story...LMAO
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