STEVEN HUGH GRAF:
CLASS OF 1958
Edmonds High SchoolClass of 1958
Edmonds, WA
STEVEN HUGH's Story
HELLO TO MY OLD OLD CLASSMATES????? ITS O.K. I HAVE A LARGE MAGNAFYING GLASS AND A VERY BRIGHT FLASHLIGHT TO FIND YOUR OLD WORE OUT BODIES. SO A FAST UPDATE FOR ALL BIFOCALS ETC. REMEMBER ME? I WALKED OUT IN MY JR YEAR AT AGE 17 1/2 WENT TO SEATTLE AFTER WATCHING THE JUNIOR CLASS OF BOYS GO DOWN TO SEATTLE AND SIGN UP FOR THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD. I WAS UP IN THE BALCONY WATCHING ALL THIS GOING ON DOWNSTAIRS AND DECIDED IT WAS NOT FOR ME. A SHORT WHILE LATER I WENT BACK TO SEATTLE AND SIGHNED UP FOR 4 YEARS IN THE MARINE CORP. I LEFT FOR SAN DIEGO BOOTCAMP AUG 16TH OF 54 AND BECAME A HOLLYWOOD MARINE. SORRY LADIES-SOMEONE HAD TO MAKE THE SACRIFICE FOR YOU. 2 DAYS AFTER I HIT RECEIVING BARRACKS ALL OF MY SHYNESS WAS GONE. I WEIGHED 128 LBS AND LEFT BOOT CAMP 13 WEEKS LATER AT `168 AND A BRAND NEW ME. ONE OF THE FIRST PERSONS I SAW ON MY 30 DAY LEAVE WAS JAMES McBRIDE AT THE OLD GROCERY STORE IN LYNNWOOD. SEEMED SURPRISE TO SEE THE NEW ME. FROM SEA...Expand for more
TTLE HEIGHTS AT 212TH AND HI 99 I WENT BACK TO CALIF. AND FINISHED OUT MY TRAINING WAS PUT ON BOARD A TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP BOUND FOR KOREA. GOT TO YOKAHAMA JAPAN WERE 4000 TROOPS WAITED 4 TO 6 1/2 HOURS FOR ORDERS TO KOREA AND ENDED UP STAYING IN JAPAN FOR 14 MONTHS. CAME BACK TO THE STATES AS A MARINE COOK STRIKER WENT TO CAMP PENDLETON TRIED FOR 30 DAYS MESS DUTY WAS TOLD I COULD NOT AS A COOK STRYKER THURSDAY. SAW BATALION SGT MAJOR NEXT MORNING AT 0730, SIGNED A WAIVER AND WAS ON MY WAY BACK TO JAPAN IN THE MARINE AIR WING SECTION AS A COOK AND BAKER. GOT A SIX MONTH EARLY DISCHARGE FROM U.S.M.C. AND WENT BACK TO SCOOL AND GRADUATED BY MR. HALL. STARTED A LOGGING BUSIINESS, WENT TO WORK IN AREA RESTAURANTS IN SEATTLE,BOTHELL, MULKLTEO,LYNNWOOD ETC, OFF AND ON FOR 16 YEARS WITH LOGGING IN BETWEEN AND SELLING FIREWOOD IN 1968 FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND MADE $3,500 DOLLARS BY DECEMBER 31ST AT $25.00 A CORD. IN N.M. THEY GET $200 FOR 3/
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