William Thompson:  

Hey, ya'll! I hope all who read this that knew me at Cole are well and happy, I hope that life has been good to you. Its been a few years (what's a few decades, right?), but I want to say that I look back at the years we spent together before we all went our separate ways into the world as truly excellent times, and I thank you, each and every one, separately and collectively, for some very fond memories. We were (and still are!) truly an exceptional class in a proud school. I went on to an Army career like you all expected, I spent my first four years as a Huey helicopter crewchief, then I transitioned into the Field Artillery (nuclear weapons: the Pershing Missile System) for 13 years, and then after the destruction of the last Pershing missile under the INF Treaty with the Soviet Union, I transitioned to another field for my last four years where I was a Platoon Sergeant in the Multiple Launch Rocket System, with a total of five tours of Germany. I retired in '96, and got educated as a gunsmith and started a business in Lawton, OK. I also still served the nation, performing federal Protective Security Officer security duties at various facilities in Oklahoma. I've been married and divorced one time each (no regrets!). I had plenty to keep...Expand for more