James (Skip) Stroud:
CLASS OF 1959
Tottenville Public School 1Class of 1959
Staten island, NY
CUNY College Class of 1978
Staten island, NY
Tottenville High SchoolClass of 1964
Staten island, NY
Tottenville High SchoolClass of 1963
Staten island, NY
Margaret Gioiosa School 3Class of 1957
Staten island, NY
James (Skip)'s Story
Life
I AM HAPPLY MARRIED TO MY WIFE KATHERINE(katie)WE`VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 29 YEARS AS OF 8-4-02.WE HAVE 3 BOYS 2 OF THEM MARRIED AND THE OTHER ONE IS SINGLE AND HAS HIS OWN APARTMENT. WE NOW HAVE 3 GRANDCHILDREN, I AM NOW RETIRED FROM EXXON, I WAS A GAS TRUCK DRIVER DELIVERING GAS TO EXXON STATIONS THROUGHOUT N.J.& N.Y. AFTER SUFFERING 4 STROKES I HAD TO RETIRE. AS FAR AS MY HEALTH I AM UNDER A DRS. CARE BUT AM DOING FINE, I AM CAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF MYSELF EVEN THOUGH MY WIFE DOES TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF ME. I AM STILL ABLE TO DRIVE MYSELF AND DO WHAT EVER IT TAKES TO GET AROUND. AFTER LEAVING TOTTENVILLE H,S, IN 63 I WENT ACTIVE DUTY IN THE NAVY SEABEES. I HAVE BEEN ALL AROUND THE WORLD, STATIONED IN ICELAND, GREECE STOP OFF`S AT SPAIN ITALY, ANTARTICA. I SERVED 10 MONTHS IN VIETNAM, AND GOT OUT OF THE SERVICE AFTER 6 YEARS IN 68. I STARTED DRIVING OVER THE ROAD AT FIRST DRIVING BUSES CROSS COUNTRY AND ALL THROUGH CANADA. AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS I STARTED DRIVING TRACTOR TRAILERS CROSS COUNTRY. I HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT THAT KEPT ME FROM WORKING FOR 3 YEARS, IN THAT 3 Y...Expand for more
EARS I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL, RECIEVED MY H.S. DIPLOMA AND THEN GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE WITH A BACHELOR`S DEGREE IN PSYCH. I EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO DRIVING GAS TANKERS WHICH IS WHAT I DID FOR OVER 25 YEARS BEFORE SUFFERING MY 4 STROKES. I AM NOW TAKING IT EASY AND RELAXING AT HOME ENJOYING MY WIFE AND GRANDCHILDREN.
Military
My first military experience in the service was boot camp, i was 17 and away from home for the first time. I arrived at Great Lakes on 12-24-62, yep Christmas Eve,co.A188. Talk about a group of guys who had no clue what we were doing, i remember it snowing and the wind it always seemed like it was blowing off that lake, man that wind was cold even for a boy from N.Y.C. After boot camp i joined up with M.C.B.8 in the Ant Artic for the summer i was only there for 3 weeks and was sent back to Rhode Island. I spent most of my time in Davisville the home of the Atlantic Coast Seabees. I have been stationed in Greece,Iceland, Africa for an hour, stop off in Germany Alaska,Japan and a 10 month tour of Nam. That`s it for now 6 years and a lot of fond memoiries.
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