Jack McCutchen:  

Life After graduation, I worked at the Bowladium where I met my future wife, Marcie Therien, niece of Tee and Slim Crutcher (remember Crutcher's Malt Shop at the Plaza?). Went to work at the Base as a laborer for Morris and Knudsen while waiting to be drafted. Got married in January, 1953; Turned 20 in February and was drafted in March. The cease fire was signed in our 13th week of a 16 week infantry basic training cycle. 180 of my company were shipped out to Europe and the rest of us were assigned to Fort Lewis, Washington to help reactivate the base as the 44th Infantry Division, which later became the 2nd (Indian Head) Division. Was released from active duty in March, 1955 along with 55,000 other men and moved to Monrovia, CA, my wife's hometown. She was due to have our first child, Patrick, and wanted to be near her mother. The job market was fierce considering how many people were released from the service, so I took a job as a part time attendant at a Union Oil Station in Arcadia while attending Pasadena City College on the GI Bill. After that, I went to work for Wianko Engineering in Pasadena as a Junior Draftsman and moonlighted as...Expand for more