Ken Fisher:  

Directly from Sunset I enlisted in the USAF in Sept as an Aircraft Loadmaster on C-141's. During that time I was able to visit and spend some time in many different countries and experience the different cultures, traditions and cuisine. In 1972 I was stationed in Viet Nam flying C-123's and then was sent to CCK Air Base in Taiwan serving in Det. 6, 8th Aerial Port (a Forward Combat Mobility Unit) spending more time in RVN than in Taiwan. I was injured in Thailand in late 1973 and med-evaced back to the States in mid-1974 and discharged in 1975. I messed around in odd jobs for about a year before working for a construction company out of Fremont. I stayed with them long enough to get my Journeyman's license in Carpentry. I then hired on with Chevron in the oil fields around Bakersfield, Ca. I also worked for Chevron in Colorado and Alabama. After 30 years with Chevron I retired as a Oilfield Safety Trainer and moved to Sonora, Ca. I was married in 1976 to a very loving young lady from Virginia. Unfortunately she passed away 2 months before our 30th anniversary from cancer. We were not blessed with any children. Now I am engaged to another very caring lady four years my junior. She has three children and seven grandchildren who have all accepted me as I am and have even started calling me Granddad. I consider myself a very lucky man for not only finding one special lady, but for finding two in my lifetime. I fought my demons with PTSD for several years before the medical community even knew what PTSD was. It was a rough road, but with the right help and support, I made it through. For those of you who knew my brother Andrew (class of 1971), an Army vet...Expand for more