Jon Dienlin:
CLASS OF 1955
El Monte High SchoolClass of 1955
El monte, CA
Jon's Story
Jon is from El Monte, California. Jon's schools include El Monte High School. Jon later attended Troy State Alabama. Jon works(ed) at General Dynamics/pomona California Late 50's To 1965, Auburn University, School Of Large Animal Medician, Army Aviator.
One of Jon's favorite quotes is:"Life is hard, but it is really hard if you're stupid. This is a take-off of a John Wayne quote".
More about Jon:"I'm married to a most wonderful lady: Beverly Jean Dienlin. I became a Mormon in 1978. I joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, believing that if it wasn't true, it should be. Then while in Belize, I had a most profound Spiritual experience, wherein, I knew for a certitude this is where my Spiritual life was to be spent.
I First went into the army (USA) in my 16th year. Qualified as a paratr...Expand for more
ooper September 1954, then Combat Engineer in 1955. Leaving the service for college in 1957.
In 1959 began working at General Dynamics, Pomona CA, as a Technical Illustrator, advancing to Engineering Admin. Assistant doing PERT analysis on both the Red-eye shoulder-fired ground to air missile (a very interesting back story....), also the Terrier/Tartar Navy surface to surface and surface to air missile, and then the transition into the Standard Missile One. The Terrier/Tartar was pneumatic/hydraulic while the SM-1 was electro/mechanical -all solid-state and featured the new NiCad battery...
While at Fort Bragg, NC, I was recruited to fly helicopters for INM in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and finally Belize, Honduras and Guatemala. I did this from 1988 until 1993 when my back injuries caught up with me.".
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