Jimmie Crowe:  

I decided to avoid the Draft after Graduation in 1958 by joining the Army. I went through Basic at Fort Benning GA. and then to my unit at Fort Sill OK. where I was trained to be a CW ( Morse code) radio operator. Then in July 1959, My outfit was rotated to Bad Kissingen, Germany. I was there for almost 2 years as a CW Radio Operator in HQ Battery 2nd Howitzer Battalion,28th Artillery and returned to the States in 1961 where I was discharged. I married the girl next door in 1962 and we had two children a Boy and a Girl. Both are doing well. We also have two Grandchildren, a Boy and a Girl also doing well. I then worked at the Hy-Fy gas station on Crittenden Dr for a time. It was there that, for one of the few times, I crossed paths with former classmates. One day a new 64 Chevy convertible pulls up to the pump and there was Benny Sant and Judy Wilkerson in the car. I filled it up, cleaned the windshield and wished them a good day. In 1969 I entered United Electronics¿ Institute and acquired an associates degree in electronics. I used my electronics training to get a job with CGR Medical Co...Expand for more