Robert Munguia:  

MY LIFE: IN OCT. 1966 I ENLISTED IN THE AIR FORCE.IT WAS EITHER THAT OR ALLOWED MYSELF TO BE DRAFTED. I WAS STATIONED AT AMARILLO,TEXAS FOR BASIC TRAINING AND TECH. SCHOOL. I WAS TRAINED TO BE A JET ENGINE MECHANIC.WHEN I FINISHED MY TECH SCHOOL,I WAS GIVEN ORDERS AND WAS STATIONED AT BEALE AFB MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT AT BEALE AFB I WOULD BE WORKING ON THE"SR-71"(BLACKBIRD). DURING THAT TIME I WENT TDY TO OKINAWA TWICE,FOUR MONTHS AT A TIME.WHILE AT KADENA AFB I WAS SITTING IN THE DAY ROOM WATCHING TV, I WATCHED NEIL ARMSTRONG LAND ON THE MOON. I WAS ALSO FORTUNED TO BE INVITED TO THE LARGE TOWN OF NAHA, OKINAWA TO VISIT WITH ONE OF MY HIGHLAND'S CLASSMATE CLASS OF 66. MIKE ROGERS, HE WAS STATIONED THERE WITH THE ARMY. IN MY RETURN BACK TO THE STATES IN 1969, I WAS GIVEN ORDERS TO BE STATIONED AT CASTLE AFB AT ATWATER, CA. DURING MY LAST YEAR WITH THE MILITARY I MARRIED TERI TRUJILLO, CLASS OF 68. DISCHARGED 1970 WENT TO TEXAS FOR A YEAR, FOUND THAT IT WAS NOT MY CUP OF TEA. RETUNED BACK TO NORTH HIGHLAND WITH MY WIFE AND UNBORN CHILD. ROBERTO WAS BORN IN JAN. OF 72 AT AMERICAN...Expand for more