Walter Taum:
CLASS OF 1969
Farrington High SchoolClass of 1969
Honolulu, HI
Walter's Story
ALOHA TO ALL OF YOU CLASSMATES OF FARRINGTON HIGH THAT HAS SIGN INTO MY CLASSBOOK IN CLASSMATES' MEMORY LANE. LET ME GIVE ALL OF YOU A SHORT STORY TO REMINESS BY. I PLAYED FOOTBALL AND RAN TRACK AT FARRINGTON WHEN I WAS 9TH GRADE AT KALAKAUA SHOOL. I DROPED OUT FROM SPORTS, I BELIEVE MYJUNIOR YEAR AND SOMEWHAT BUMED AROUND AND GRADUATED FROM FARRINGTON IN 69. IN SEPTEMBER I ENLISTED INTO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND YES I BECAME WHAT THEY CALL "A JAR HEAD". WELL ANYWAY THE PLACES I'VE BEEN WAS SAN DIEGO, CAMP PENDLETON OCEAN SIDE, CA., WENT TO OKINAWA/VIETNAM, FLEET FMF PAC AT CAMP SMITH UP ON THE HILL WHERE THE BIG CROSS AND THE PINK HOSPITAL IS AT. BECAME PART OF THE HONOR PLATOON WHERE WE PARADE AROUND FOR HIGH DIGNITARIAN'S. THEN LOW AND BEHO...Expand for more
LD I BECAME DRILL INSTRUCTOR AND AT THE MARINE RECRUTE DEPOT SAN DIEGO CA. MOSTLY TRAVELED OR BASED BACK AND FOR FROM WEST COAST AND EAST ASIA. BEEN TO PHILLIPINES, KOREA, TAIWAN, AND JAPAN TOO. GOT OUT OF THE MARINE CORPS IN APRIL OF 1981. AGAIN I JUST BUMED AROUND UNTIL 1986, I WORKED FOR MERVYN'S AND THEN I MET THIS BEAUTIFUL GIRL AT MERVYN'S AND GOT MARRIED IN AUGUST OF 1987. BUT BEFORE I GOT MARRIED I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO UNITED AIRLINES SECURITY FORCES AT THE MAINTENANCE BASE AT SAN FRANCISCO. SO SINCE THEN I'VE GOTTEN FOUR CHILDREN ONE GIRL, TWO BOY'S AND THEN THE YOUNGEST A GIRL TOTAL OF FOUR. I THINK I'LL STOP FOR NOW AND I DO HAVE MORE TO SAY I MEAN MY WHOLE LIFE HAS HAD SO MANY CHAPTER'S TO IT. BUT UNTIL THEN ALOHA AND UNTIIL WE MEET!!!!
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