Ted Cooper:  

Hi every one this is my story from birth and up to now. I was born in Colusa CA. on Friday the 13 ,1948. I went to school from K thru 9th grade and moved to Leggett Valley high from10th thru the 12th grade. I work with my dad at the 76 station why'll I was going to school and was a tow truck driver and a mechanic until I went into the service with the Navy and was that grand I got to see a lot of place that I was unable to see unless I had the money to go to these place's. When I finish boot camp I was sent to the USS PICTOR AF-54, it was a refrigeration ship and I was signed to first division and I was trained on no. 1 wench for transporting supply over to ship underway. I then was sent to the USS PROCON AF-61 I had the same job there and it was hard to pull up pallet from the hole to deck topside I was sent home on a hardship discharge under honorable discharges I work there until we moved to Canadian, Texas. I work for the big bull ranch and then to the ranch, I was talking to one of the state personnel that was Highway boss and asked me to come an...Expand for more