Arthur Dyer:  

My current age is 63. When I was 12, I thought that people my age now would be dead. I was so completely wrong. I don't know who might remember, but I quit school in Jauary of my senior year. It seems so stupid now but, hey, I was seventeen! Anyway, I joined the Navy and finished school through USAFI and received my diploma from Tech The Navy gave me a career when they sent me to Avionics (Aviation Electronics) School in Memphis. After "A" School, I was stationed in San Diego as staff in VP-31. I was still there when I was discharged in September 1966, just a couple days after my 21st birthday. My brother,Ed, had come to San Diego and we went back to Des Moines. Everyone we knew was gone or had moved on, except Les Johnson. He was my best buddy in high school. He was married to Jackie, a real sweet girl. In fact, I had gone with her sister Patsy when I was in the service and for a while afterward. So, anyway, Ed and I headed for Cedar Rapids because our parents and two sisters had moved while I was in the Navy. Ed and I stayed with Mom and Dad and got a job at Quaker Oats (BAD choice!). I only lased a couple weeks, but Ed stayed for over a month. In October, I landed a job at Northwestern Bell. You remember! When we had an excellent telephone system. Then in 1984, the Justice Department made a historical blunder and broke up the Bell System saying AT&T had a mo...Expand for more