John Bean:
CLASS OF 1963
Mehlville High SchoolClass of 1963
St. louis, MO
San Diego State UniversityClass of 1976
San diego, CA
Grossmont Community CollegeClass of 1974
San diego, CA
John's Story
I joined the Marines in August 1963 and endured boot-camp at MCRD San Diego, Ca. After ITR and leave I trained at the Communications Battalion MCRD San Diego as a Teletype Operator 2541. After school I was assigned to H&S Company, Communications Platoon, 3/7 at Pendleton. I deployed to 1/3 in Okinawa in Sept '64. I thought life was good on the rock but 1/3 was put on C130's on March 8, 1965 and we landed at the Da Nang airstrip a few hours later. You could see sunlight shining through bullet holes in the fuselage of the plane. We k...Expand for more
new this was more serious duty than what we had just left. The rest is history. I know one thing for sure, I would not want to be with any others than the United Sates Marine Corp in a combat situation.
Life after the Marines
I went back to school on the GI Bill. Pick up an AS and most of my BS.
I have been working as a Design Engineer in aerospace and aircraft for past 25 years. I moved to San Diego in '71 after three years ('63 to '66) in the Marines. I have one son and a grandson. Mom passed in Missouri in 2001 after turning 90.
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