Peggy Leatherman:  

Life I currently live in Hershey, PA. My interests are many including traveling, cooking, photography, animals especially horses . I used to participate in local schooling horse shows. While still in high school at ELCO worked at the plastic factory in Myerstown for over a year. While there I decided I didn't want to work in a factory all my life, and looked into military service. I attended boot camp at Lackland AFB Texas, 6 weeks, than was sent to Sheppard AFB Texas (located in Wichita Falls, Texas) for tech school as a Medical Services Specialist or medic, also called Bed Pan Pushers (HA HA), I was then assigned to Wilford Hall Medical Center Lackland AFB Texas where I was stationed for my first 4 years. I worked on the Nurosurgical Ward (T5) for one year, then transfered to Ward A5 which was ENT, Opthamology and Oral Surgery I worked there for 6 months before transfering to the Plastic Surgery Clinic where I worked for 1 1/2 years. The Plastic Surgery Clinic was my best job assignment. I loved working with the doctors in minor surgery, actually handing the instruments and assisting with the minor procedures, it was both fullfilling, fun and interesting. I reinlisted for another four years and was given my base of preference which happened to be my last choice, Grissom AFB IN. While there I worked in the clinics emergency room. That's where I also met my husband and were married at the base chapel in May 1982. My husband was always interested in base and clinic sports especial umpiring and reffering and playing on the base soccer team. He got me interested also in playing, and we both played on the base soccer team for at least two years, I also participated in Clinic Womens Volleyball and Softball after I was discharged from the military. I left the military in July 1983, worked part time for the NCO ...Expand for more