David Mercer:
CLASS OF 1957
Thomas Jefferson High SchoolClass of 1957
San antonio, TX
David's Story
I thought I would be continuing from where I left off but will start from the middle.as I said before I was giving what I thought was the greatest job in the world. I literally love to fly airplanes. So to get a job flying outside of the military was beyond expectations. Eastern Air LInes at that time was one of the top company's to work for. On Dec. 6,1965 I began my career. Vietnam was just starting up and I have to admit I felt a little guilty avoiding what would have been and obligation if I had stayed in the USAF. One of the Jefferson people I came in contact with at this time was Jack Garvin. We met at Fort Benning, Ga. He
Was starting Special Forces training with the Army which at the time meant a direct line to Vietnam. I am happy to say that thanks to Classmates.com I now know that he survived a very bad situation. I was based in Washington, D.C. There I saw a different side of the war. At least once a week someone would knock on the ...Expand for more
door of my apartment asking me to sign a petition to end the war. I passed the Pentagon on my way to work and saw the many protests that were going on. The worst part of my stay was watching Washington burn when I was on final approach for landing at the airport after Martin Luther King was assassinated. Oh well, on to more pleasant things. I was reassigned to Miami. Fl. That's when things starting getting good. The first 18 months with the Airline you work for starvation wages but then your pay doubles and i was reassigned to a DC-8 the highest paying aircraft that Eastern had at that time. I am leaving out a lot of details but I don't want to write a book. After two years in Miami I have a new home, two cars and a new son. Then I acquired a obsession. Golf. Which still remains with me today. Soon I joined a Country Club. Relativity inexpensive but not it fed my obsession. Not bad for a kid who said he would be happy making twenty thousand a year.
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