Roderick Hart:  

After leaving City College Elvin Randall and I joined the Air Force. I had 4 weeks of basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas in late July of 1960 and completed at Chanute AFB, Ill. While at Chanute I played on the Squadron football team and attained Squadron Leadership serving as the Student Squadron Commander aka "Red Rope". I completed the Electronic Flight Trainer Course and was assigned to the 4751st Air Defense Squadron's Link Trainer Section on Hurlburt Field aka "field 9" on the Eglin AFB complex in NW Florida. While at Eglin I played on the Eglin AFB Eagles football team and the Ft. Walton Jets Baseball team (the Black community team). Upon leaving the Air Force, I attended the Baltimore Jr. College and Johns Hopkins University at the Homewood Campus in Baltimore. While in school I worked for the Alcolac Chemical Company and General Electric before landing a great job with the C&P Tel. Co. on the installation of the 2nd Electronic Tel. Office in w...Expand for more