Dean Bauer:  

Hi, I'm Dean Bauer. Here's my biography. After graduating at Pekin High in 74, I worked full time at Caterpillar from March 75 - Jan 81. During this time, I joined the Army National Guard from Oct 76 - Oct 80 while I was working at Caterpillar Tractor, in Mapleton and East Peoria. I became interested in the Regular Army while in the National Guard [from Delevan], and joined the Active Army in Oct. 1980. I was trained in helicopter maintenance; and I worked on CH47C AND D model Chinook Helicopters throughout my 20 years in the Active Army. I enjoyed the Army, because I was able to travel to many places in the States and around the World, work and crew on helicopters, and make friends with many different people of diverse ethnic groups. I was trained at Ft. Leonardwood, Mo. [Basic training]; Ft. Benning, Ga.[Infantry School]; Ft. Greely, Alaska,[Winter Warfare School]; Ft. Eustis, Va. [CH47 Helicopter Maintenance School]; Ft. Rucker, Alabama [CH47 Technical Helicopter Inspector School]. Along with maintenance, I was a crew member in flight platoon for 9 years. I crewed in S.Korea, England, Belguim, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Boznia, Iraq, Kawait, Saudia Arabia, and many states. I spent 2 tours of duty at Ft. Campbell, Ky; 1 tour of duty at Barbers Pt., Hawaii; 2 one year tours of duty at Camp Humphreys, South Korea; 1 three year tour of Duty in Giebelstadt, Germany; 1 five year tour at Ft. Carson, Colorado,[a member of a high altitude search and rescue company]; and 1 tour of duty at Ft. Bragg, N.Carolina. I was married in 1985, while I was stationed in Hawaii to a beautiful Fillipino girl, whose name is Ida. She gave birth to our only child, C. J....Expand for more