John Chisholm:  

Much has happened since I left high school for me. After graduation I headed for Miami Beach, Florida. Then it was off to the west coast for my first airplane flight to Seattle, Washington. I then returned to the east coast in early 1973 moving to Long Branch, New Jersey. I spent 20 years in the U.S. Army from 1973 till 1994. I Took my Basic Training and Advance Individual Training for the Infantry, in Fort Polk, Louisiana. I first joined the Army Reserves. Upon completion of the training I figured I could do it full time and so I switched over to full time in the regular Army. I was given an opportunity to retrain so I went to Fort Leonardwood, Missouri for Advance Individual Training as a Combat Engineer. I got married to a woman from Acton, Massachusetts in 1974. I was stationed at Fort Devens afterwards. From there I went to Daecheon, Korea and was awarded another job as a Nike Hercules Crewman. Then it was back to the USA and I was stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky. I wanted to continue my training so I reenlisted for the Transportation field and was off to Fort Eustis, Virginia to train as a stevedore. Upon completion of the training I was off to Fort Campbell, Kentucky. There I loaded planes and learned quite a bit about the Air Force planes. I still wanted more training and so it was time to reenlist and I picked the Chemical Corp and so I was off to school again at Fort McCellan, Alabama for the chemical school. Upon completion of the schooling I was r...Expand for more