Scott O'Gara:  

Life My resume reads like a tour of Macy's, Herald Square. After a summer on a kibbutz, I enlisted in the Air Force in the fall of '68. Actually received my draft notice while in basic training. Spent my 19th b-day in Dallas, and my 20th a few miles south of the Mekong River, stationed at Udorn Royal Thai AFB. Only flew over Nam coming and going. Worked in communications, doing everything from operating a secure voice network, to being a disc jockey on AFTN (thanks to the little work I had done at WBAB, while in school.) Came away from it only slightly damaged; lost a lot of friends. Restationed to Athenai Airbase, Athens, Greece. Sweet assignment. Everything Mrs's Langford, Robinson and Foley taught re. Mythology fit in perfectly with the terrain. Met my wife on the Acropolis, at a friend's home in Plaka. Lived on the beach and drove a '59 Merc, 220s. Life was good. Susan and I hitched up to her home in England in the summer of '71, my discharge coming at 2 years, 9 months, 15 days and a few hours. We wandered around the UK for a bit, afterwhich I returned home. Worked for a minor "Family" player for a while, started school at Suffolk Community College, and spent nearly every break on the road. Covered masses of miles, and some odd work during the first years out of service. Hitched cross-country twice, riding in freightcars, and every other form of transportation.Went back to Europe several times. Interrupted school in October, 1973, to go to Israel with the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War. Walked guard duty and milked cows on the same kibbutz I'd lived in '68. Returned to Suffolk in '74, did some acting/theater work, but realized I would have to learn to write if I were to amount to anything. Went to wo...Expand for more