Richard Klinger:  

I was born and raised in the bottoms. I lived my last 8 years in Uansa Village. On October 20th 1960 I left home to join the U.S. Air Force. They flew us to Lackland AFB, Texas. I spent the customary 8 weeks in basic training then had the privilege of going to 100th Bomb Wing Hq, Pease AFB, NH as an Education Specialist. After a few months in that field I had the opportunity to transfer into the Graphic Arts field in the 817th Air Division. I took the transfer and began my career as a Graphic Artist. After a few years with the 817th AD I took a promotion and transferred to the 509th Bomb Wing, still at Pease AFB. (note: The 509th Bomb Wing was the Bomb Wing responsible for dropping the bombs on Japan that ended WWII, it was also the Bomb Wing in 1947 that was involved with the so called flying saucer incident at Roswell, NM.) (I'm not allowed to say any more under penalty of death. Ha Ha!!!) It was a very very unique and exciting Bomb Wing, I enjoyed it very much and hated to leave. I spent a total of 5 years at Pease AFB, NH. In November 1965 I was transferred to Anderson AFB, Guam. My primary position was Graphic Artist, my secondary job was CBR weapons specialist, not a fun job at that. While on Guam, I had the opportunity to travel to Japan, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Philippine...Expand for more