Gerald Bingham:  

Hello Everyone! Updated July 15, 2013: I will try to be as brief as possible. One year after Lincoln I joined the Air Force for six years. I did mostly accounting and government real-estate record keeping work. I was stationed six-months in Texas, two-years in New Mexico, three-years in England, and then a half-year in northern California. My travels included a half-dozen countries in Europe. I earned an AAS military degree. After discharge from the military, I came back to East Los and fooled around until I was hired by the Southern California Rapid Transit District as a bus driver. I really only intended to work one summer there but it became my career. For a number of years, my older brother Robert and myself worked at the same bus yard on Margeno street next to the junk yards. I got married and divorced during the next five years at SCRTD. My 16 year-old son, James, is currently the lead trumpet player for the Garden Grove H.S. Marching Band. As all parents feel about their children, I am so proud of him. Well would you believe that after 24 years of bus driving throughout Los Angeles County system, I took early retirement in early 2010. The last year at LACMTA had me working on the 252 route, nicknamed 'the Heights Shuttle', which serviced Lincoln High Students in the afternoon. In my opinion, Lincoln's students are much better behaved than my experiences with some of Wilson's 'let's rush the front door pass the bus driver without paying students.' Surrendipi...Expand for more