Larry Copeland:
CLASS OF 1959
Bakersfield High SchoolClass of 1959
Bakersfield, CA
Ysleta High SchoolClass of 1959
El paso, TX
Larry's Story
Life
After graduation i joined the army and stayed for 22years i served in greenlannd, okinawa, viet-nam, and 6 yr's in europe. i retired as a chief warrant officer W3. then i went to work for the post office as a letter carrier for 21 yrs i owned my own leather craft business and my own archery store. now i am fully retired and travel around the u.s. participating in archery tournaments. i still hunt fish and play golf not necessarily in that order.plus i like to visit my 5 grandchildren in tx, ok, and ks.i still have family in Bakersfield
School
After graduation I worked at at gas station, in sep 59 I joined the army and became a power generator plant tech, at the army engineer sch.in ft. belvoir va. then to the n. pole for a year, where i learned cold weather survival at missle bases, i took non res course through Univ. of md. in europe, studied at UT El Paso, Cameron Univ. Lawton Ok.I still need 6Hrs. of math to get my degree. think i do that next year...
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ed the army went from private to chief warrant officer 3,I spent one year in nam as a combat eng, maint. off. and retired in 1980 to work at montgomery wards and the oil fields and then haliburton co. then to the post office in June of 1981 for 21 years. I owned my own archery bus. from 1996-sept2002. I now travel all over the US as a shooter/rep for several archery bus.
Military
Joined the army sept 3 1959 went to army eng. sch Ft Belvoir Va,then to ft. bliss tx. next, thule greenland,next to teach at eng, sch. got out 1962 as an e-4. back in dec 1963 as e-2 to ft. riley Ks, in 1964 to Okinawa in 1966 to msl.base outside camden NJ. made spec e5 and put in papers for warrant officer, made warrant went to eng school again then to Viet-Nam 1968-70. Back to Ft Bliss Tx to be trained as an on site maint eng for the safeguard ABM sites and research and develop new equip for the school training program, then to europe for six years, and the two years at ft Sill, Ok, where i"m retired.
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