RODNEY PEDERSEN:
CLASS OF 1974
Davis High SchoolClass of 1974
Modesto, CA
Roosevelt Junior High SchoolClass of 1969
Modesto, CA
Enslen Elementary SchoolClass of 1967
Modesto, CA
RODNEY's Story
Rod is from Modesto, California. He is married to Brenda Champagne. His schools include Davis High School. After 13 years as a United States Army Paratrooper, Rod later attended Fayetteville Technical Community College (Civil Engineering Technology, Surveying, Bar Hopping). He retired four years ago as a Civil Engineer from Georgia Department of Transportation. Married to Brenda Champagne of West Bank of the River, New Orleans Louisiana for now-37 years, three daughters and a son, three grandaughters and three grandsons, AND two great-granddaughters. Third generation American Legion, Rod is currently the District 12 Sgt-at-Arms, Immediate Past-Commander of American Legion Post 13 Valdosta, GA, Immediate Past-Commander Sons of The American Legion Squadron 13 and Immediate-Past Director of Chapter 13 American Legion Riders as well as a riding member of the Outback Riders of Valdosta, GA. Rod participates as a counselor for American Legion's Dept. of Georgia's Boys State, a nationally-recognised American Legion Program..
Rod's interests included working on my "toys" in my workshop, motorcycles, Veteran activities, Facebook, and trying to figure out the definition of the word "retirement". Music he likes includes Conway Twitty, Joe Walsh, Classical, Old Rock, Irish Punk Rock and ANY of the older "busted-ass (old) Country Music" (my daughter's definition). Movies he likes include anything with Robert Duvall. TV shows he likes include old Cowboy movies, Adventure shows and History documentaries .
One of Rod's favorite ...Expand for more
quotes is: to Bruce: "Eric (I served overseas with his father) went as we would've, brother. This we will never forget. Airborne Infantry. Hooah!"
When you hang with me, party with me or ride with me, always remember: This 'trooper will slow down ten feet past the point you fall down with exhaustion and call back, "C'mon,you sissy!"
Come Sunday morning, nothing but a pile of beercans and a T-shirt that says "I was there".
Lord,
please give me the strength to forgive my transgressors and grant
me the patience and gentility to ignore their petty attempts to annoy me.....Amen.
My dragon has slept for years. I do not wish to reawaken it without the preponderance of consequence.
"I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen
dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself." –
"Self-Pity" D.H. Lawrence
A grunt, caught in a rain storm, will take full advantage of the opportunity and grab a bar of soap. A platoon of grunts on a nightime force march will lock arms and take turns sleeping while marching. These I have seen.
TS Eliot did not say this.....I did. - Rod Pedersen
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, "I am a warrior." Joel 3:10
US Airborne - Giving the enemy every opportunity to give their lives for their god, their country and their cause.
Paratrooper - That first step out the troop door of a perfectly good airplane is the last step toward becoming a man.".
This is the strangest life I've ever known. - Jim Morrison
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