Phil Berry:
CLASS OF 1966
Folsom High SchoolClass of 1966
Folsom, CA
Mills Middle SchoolClass of 1963
Rancho cordova, CA
Ladd Elementary SchoolClass of 1961
Fairbanks, AK
Theodore Judah Elementary SchoolClass of 1960
Folsom, CA
Ft. Richardson Elementary SchoolClass of 1960
Ft. richardson, AK
Phil's Story
Life
I live in North Idaho near my two youngest children. I came here for six months 25 years ago to play in a traveling rock band. I guess I may as well admit that I like it here although I do get homesick for California sometimes.
School
I can honestly say that I did not enjoy school. It was simply an ordeal to be endured. But I did meet some fine people there and some of them are still my friends all these years later.
Military
My friend Randy and I tried to enlist in the Army in 1967. The recruiter said he didn't want either of us because we would probably just get in a lot of trouble. He suggested instead we might volunteer for the draft, which we did, being...Expand for more
in a highly suggestible state at the time. The draft board was more than happy to accept our applications and we were both drafted soon thereafter. After a couple of months of Infantry training in the humidity that is Louisiana it started to dawn on me that I had made a horrible mistake. When the drill sergeant announced that there was an opening for trombone players in the the 60th Army Band I asked for and got an audition. After basic training I joined the band and remained in Louisiana until I was transfered to the 3d Infantry Division Band in Wurzburg, Germany and later to the 3d Armored Division Band in Frankfurt, Germany. I left the Army in 1969 at 20 years of age.
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