Randall Bashta:  

The last time I saw Blackford High was back on that June night in 1966 when we all graduated. Sadly, that was also the last time I saw a lot of my classmates. I spent the rest of the summer up in Ben Lomond working at the Brookdale Lodge until it was time for me to go into the US Navy in September of '66. I spent the next 9 months in San Diego for basic training along with several electronics schools. A year later, in June of '67, I was sent to my ship - a slow moving target known as the USS Brumby - which had its homeport in Newport, RI and home shipyard in Boston. For the next three years, the old DE1044, was my floating home. During that time we sailed up and down the east coast, patroled the North Atlantic and had a couple of cruises off the coast of southern Europe. At least I got to see some of the world. In June of 1970, I was let out of the Navy and returned to San Jose - finding that it is true: you can't go home again. In Septemeber, I moved back to Boston, Mass to attend a Radio Broadcasting school. Upon graduation in 1971, I moved to the UK for awhile - based out of London's Finsbury Park - but having a chance to see the British Isles from Cornwall in the south to Inverness, Scotland in the north. Finally, running out of money in September, I returned back to Bos...Expand for more