Matthew Travis:  

I joined the Marines in late 1975 thru 1981, went to San Diego for basic then to camp Pendleton, shipped out to the sixth fleet in the Med 1977 went in to Turkey for a while in fall of 1977, with nato forces. was on the USS Guadalcanal, and later on the USS. Raileagh.got to visit Greece and Sicily,even landed in Rhoda Spain once,upon getting released from active duty,stayed with the reserves until 1981. IN the meantime went to work as conc. finisher for a few years, got tired of fighting the layoffs in 1984 and went to work at H.L.P as a power plant operator, eventually moved up to head operator at a new cogen plant in Channelview,that lasted for six more years for a total of 22 yrs,Spring of 2005 broke my kneck in a rearend collision, sittng at a red light on my way home from work, Doctors were able to put it all back together with a titanium bracket wich is now permanent, in spring of 2006 fell asleep coming home fron working nights and woke up just as ...Expand for more