Terry Sherman:  

OK then. For those who remember me I was a bit of a loner in school. School in Coos Bay didn't seem to be getting me where I wanted to be. In late Feb 1967 I said good bye and went to Fort Lewis Wash to be issued my Army green suits. From there I trained in Air Traffic Control in Mississippi. After training I came home in October and married Marilyn Robinson before shipping off to Germany. Jo (Marilyn)and I had two children, John and Deana. After returning from Germany we lived in Coos Bay for a few months to find that there wasn't much of a career opportunity there so in May of 1971 we moved to Portland where I worked for the Caterpillar dealer there. In March of 1975 I was lured to Alaska by the Trans Alaska Pipeline and ended up working for the Cat dealer in Fairbanks. In 1976 Marilyn and I said goodbye and I moved the kids to Fairbanks with me where in mid 1977 I married Karen Coppenger, another high school sweetheart. Karen had two children, Kevin and Kami and on November Daniel was born. In late 1979 we moved to a new opportunity with the same Cat dealer in Juneau where we lived until late 1986. Starting in 1987 I return...Expand for more