L. Benton:
CLASS OF 1968
William H. Taft High SchoolClass of 1968
Woodland hills, CA
Hale Junior High SchoolClass of 1965
Woodland hills, CA
L.'s Story
After leaving high scool I attended Pierce JC but left after about 6 weeks-I was tired of doing what my fatner wantded me to do (sound familiar to anyone). I enlisted in the Marine Corps and after a tour in Vietnam and 6 months back in the states I left and attended Moorpark College. During college I married, over the next 4 years my wife and I brought 3 children into this world. In 1974 after the business I workd for shut down I reentered the Marine Corps only to leave active duty in 1978 and active reserve status in 1982. Divorced in 1991; remarried in 1994. My wife and I live in a small home in Sonoma County along with our three...Expand for more
dogs - 2 labradors and a mut. I have 5 grandchildren (3 girls and two boys)
I am currently working on a homeless Veterans taks force. Our County has over 35,000 veterans of all eras living here. A surprising number of those veterans are homeless. We are working to get them off the streets and give them any assistance they need to help them become productive members of their communities. There is also a large number of vetreans in their 70's & 80's who are coming to us for help. Given the current national situaition we have a growing number of veterans of the Iraq and Afganistan wars.
Tom Benton, Taft High School, class of '68
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