Roy Weiss:
CLASS OF 1966
Cy-Fair High SchoolClass of 1966
Cypress, TX
Roy's Story
After high school, I spent 1 YEAR AT SAN JACINTO COLLEGE. Then we moved north of LA.
AFTER I SEMESTER of college I joined in Navy
I did three deployments to Vietnam and during that time I served on two destroyers. In summary, I saw action north of the DMZ, north of Hue, Da Nang, ground troop fire support up the rivers of the Mekong Delta, blockade duty in the Sea of Thailand against VC infiltration; part of a task force in the Bay of Bengal/Indian Ocean during evacuation of U.S. citizens during the Indian-E. Pakistani War (there were more Russian ships than US).
DURING MY FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE:
PORTS OF CALL/PLACES I HAVE BEEN:
ADAK, AK
PEARL HARBOR(USS ARIZONA)
MIDWAY(GUNNY BIRDS)
GUAM
OKINAWA
JAPAN:
YOKO
TOKYO
NAGASAKI(ATOMIC BOMB SITE MUSEUM)
SASEBO
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HONG KONG:
NEW TERRITORIES(DID VOLUNTEER WORK AT ORPHANAGE)
KOWLOON
VIET NAM
MEKONG DELTA
DMZ
CAM RAHN BAY
DA NANG
BANGKOK(ATTEMPTED TO EAT 'DOG' CHEESEBURGER)
SINGAPORE
SHELLBACK INITIATION
PHILIPPIANS:
OLONGOPO(SUBIC BAY NAVAL STATION) (ATE SMOKED MONKEE MEAT, GOOD!)
CEBU CITY, CEBU ISLAND
MANILA
AFTER the Navy I MOVED TO TEMPLE, TX and worked for THE VA HOSPITAL there. During this time I finished college with a DEGREE IN BIO-MED from Texas State Tech; I then MOVED TO HOUSTON AND was EMPLOYMENT WITH HARRIS CO HOSPITAL DIST.
DUE TO NOT A LOW SALARY IN THE MED FIELD I WAS ABLE TO GET A JOB WITH NASA. AFTER ALMOST 28 YEARS I RETIRED AND LIVE IN ALVIN.
I spend my time writing, reading, archeology, travel, research, and photography.
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