Ralph Maston:  

CLASS OF 1971
Ralph Maston's Classmates® Profile Photo
Victorville, CA
Yucaipa, CA
Victorville, CA
Grand forks, ND

Ralph's Story

Life Let's see 1970 or so till 2006, Dad retired from the Air Force in 71 and we moved to a small city in the Mojave Desert [Adelanto,Ca] I finished H.S. here at Victor Valley H.S. Class of 71. I bought my first car here [68 Buick Wildcat]. I joined the Army in June 71. Did my basic at Ft. Knox Kentucky till Aug 71. Sept Oct 71 I did my Advanced training as an infantryman at Ft Polk LA. I was sent to Korea in Nov of 71 to the 1st/38th infantry C Company 2nd Inf Div Camp Hovey, I learned alot about SEX,DRUGS and ROCK&ROLL in Korea I was part of a anti-tank crew and then I was a Company Driver left in Dec of 72 returned to the USA to Ft Hood Tx. I got married in Jan 73 to my High School girl friend. I reenlisted in March of 73 and was sent to the Canal Zone in Panama South America I was Stationed at Ft Clayton and Albrook Army Airfield with the 590th Maintance as a Prop & Rotor Powertrain Spec. We left Panama in 77 returned to Ft Hood Tx to the 6th Air Cav till I got out in Mar of 78. By now I had 3 kids [2 boys 1 girl] We all came back to Ca and I joined the Air Force Res in 78 as a Flight Engineer on the C-141a/b aircraft at Norton AFB I left the AF...Expand for more
RES in 81. I got my Airframe & Powerplant lic at the local community college [Victor Valley]. I got a job as a Helicopter mech for a local Co till 84 when I got a job with the City of Adelanto I worked in the Water department Street departemnt and finally the job of all jobs Fireman in 87 where I stayed until Dec 99, I resigned after the County of San Bernardino took over our contract for Fire Protection. In 2000 I got my Class A drivers Lic. and started working for Stevens Transport out of Dallas,Tx. I stayed with them driving the 48 states till my wife Died on Dec 11th 2000, I was stuck in a snow storm at the Iowa 80 truck stop when my oldest son called me That day and ever day from then till SUCKS big time!!! I worked odd jobs as a truck driver till 04 when I got a sweet job as a loader operator at TPS were I use to bring contaiminated dirt from old gas stations now I burn the dirt to make it clean and safe for reuse. Like I said I have 3 kids [34,32,30] and 8 grand kids with 1 on the way very soon. I only have a few Gray hairs otherwise it is still Black as coal, Ha Ha lol. Well that me in a nut shell or am I the NUT missing the shell Who cares.
Register for Free to view all details!
Register for Free to view all yearbooks!
Reunions
Ralph was invited to the
128 invitees
Ralph was invited to the
201 invitees
Ralph was invited to the
8223 invitees
Register for Free to view all events!

Photos

Ralph Maston's Classmates profile album
Ralph Maston's Classmates profile album
Canal Zone Apartment
Hard At Work

Ralph Maston is on Classmates.

Register for free to join them.
Oops! Please select your school.
Oops! Please select your graduation year.
First name, please!
Last name, please!
Create your password

Please enter 6-20 characters

Your password should be between 6 and 20 characters long. Only English letters, numbers, and these characters !@#$%^&* may be used in your password. Please remove any symbols or special characters.
Passwords do not match!

*Required

By clicking Submit, you agree to the Classmates TERMS OF SERVICE and PRIVACY POLICY.

Oops an error occurred.