John Jobes:  

I remember a good many of you fellow students but I doubt that you remember me. I did not participate in much of anything and was shy and withdrawn in those years. In Junior and Senior years I was in Distributive Education so I was dismissed about 1:30 to go to work which was what that program was all about. With the Vietnam War going on I started college about a week after graduation during the summer of 67 in order to get some college education before the draft hit me. I completed two years of study at Miami Jacobs Junior College of Business In Dayton Ohio going round the calendar to avoid losing my "student status". I completed my course of study in Accounting and Business Administration in approximately 14 months. After completion of that I had to register at the draft to update my status and within two weeks was drafted so I enlisted in the United States Air Force I took my basic training at Amarillo Air Force Base in Texas and my "Flight" was one of the last ten to go through Amarillo. We had to stay extra time to help shut that base down as they decided to run all Air Force Basic through Lack land. After completing the shut down I was stationed at Colorado Springs for schooling and then my first assignment here at Sault Ste. Marie Michigan which is where I met my wife (Jan) of 42 years. (My base of request was Florida and got sent way up here, ha). This base after a short time was scheduled for closure thus my career seemed to be destined to close things down! From here I was assigned to a combat support group on the border of Vietnam at UtapoThailand on the Gulf of Siam. Completing that assignment I was honorably discharged on an early out and began to suffer the effects of agent orange. I managed to work in the Finance field for 20 years or so and then was forced to ...Expand for more