Dennis Woodcox:  

My history: In 63 my parents pulled me out of OLS and enrolled me at Bently High in Livonia. Graduated in 65, joined the Marines that fall and in 68 went to Nam and work as a mech on Marine fighter aircraft in Da Nang, arrived just before Tet and that was an interesting night, then went to Japan with the squadron, 3 months there and the squadron again transferred to Hawaii - but not me I went back to Da Nang, I left in Feb69, survived intact and returned home and got out in Apr69. Went to work for Williams Research in Walled Lake. Except for an 18 month period in the early 70's, I have been with them ever since, now called Williams International (WI). When I started back with them, in Customer Support, my first job was as a Company Rep aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy. WI built a small power unit for a Navy aircraft and I was the onboard expert. After that I moved to Florida, and worked in Jacksonville at Cecil Field Naval Airstation on the same program. Met my wife (Marcine) of 30 years there and after we were married, we moved to Seattle (1979) and the Boeing Company. WI builds cruise missile engines and I was the on...Expand for more