Edward Kramer:
CLASS OF 1955
Boston English High SchoolClass of 1955
Boston, MA
Quincy CollegeClass of 1979
Quincy, MA
St. John's SchoolClass of 1951
Roxbury, MA
St. Joseph's SchoolClass of 1951
Boston, MA
Edward's Story
I MUST HAVE LOOKED GUILTY, MAYBE STILL DO! I GOT BLAMED FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. SPENT AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME "ON THE HOOKA!" WHILE UNDER MUSHER MURPHYS CONTROL. GOT TO KNOW MIAH FALVEY BETTER THAN MOST OF MY CLASSMATES. MY MOTHER WANTED HER NAME ON THE DIPLOMA- SAID SHE SPENT MORE TIME AT SCHOOL THAN I DID. SMOKING WAS A FAVORITE PASTIME. REMEMBER "OUR" SECRET ROOM ON THE 3RD FLOOR AT CLARENDON ST. SCHOOLBOY PARADES-WHAT EVER BECAME OF THEM? TRAINING US IN THE WAYS OF DISCIPLINE AND ORDER. I WAS IN THE CIVIL AIR PATROL-DORCHESTER SQUADRON-BELONGED TO THE PRECISION SILENT DRILL TEAM. SO WAS MY CLOSEST FRIEND PAUL KELLEY. WHERE IS HE NOW I WONDER. I'VE LOOKED BUT SO FAR NO LUCK. JOINED THE AIR FORCE AFTER GRADUATION. WENT TO SAMPSON AFB, GENEVA, N.Y. FOR BASIC. MY BACKGROUND LED TO ME BEING THE FLIGHT LEADER. GOOD DEAL FOR ME-NO DETAILS LIKE K.P. FROM THERE WENT TO TECH SCHOOL IN DENVER, MUNITIONS SPECIALIST. THEN TO LORING AFB, LIMESTONE, MAINE. YOU'LL FIND IT AT THE HIGHEST POINT OF MAINE ON THE MAP. SAC BASE. B36s, AND LATER B52s. MY JOB-LOADING AND UNLOADING THEM WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THE RUSSIANS Y'KNOW!
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TO SIDI SLIMANE, FRENCH MOROCCO. THE RUSSIANS HAD LAUNCHED SPUTNIK CAUSING US TO PANIC. WE HAD TO HAVE HALF OUR BOMBER FORCE IN THE AIR, ARMED, AND WITH SEALED TARGET ORDERS AT ALL TIMES. DAY IN AND DAY OUT LOADING AND OFFLOADING WEAPONS ON B47s. GOT A FRONT ROW SEAT FOR ONE OF THE US FIRST NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS. FEB 1958. PLANE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE TAXIING-OUT OF CONTROL-LOADED WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPON. NOBODY KNEW WHETHER IT WOULD BURN, EXPLODE CONVENTIONAL ONLY, OR NUCLEAR MUSHROOM. THE BASE AND 5 MILE SURROUND WAS EVACUATED. EVERYONE GOT TO LEAVE BUT THE BASE FIRE PEOPLE AND THE BOMB BOYS. WE GOT TO STAY JUST IN CASE THE FIRE COULD BE KNOCKED DOWN ENOUGH FOR US TO GET THE WEAPON OUT. IT JUST BURNED UP. NO EXPLOSION THANKFULLY. ENDED UP AT WESTOVER AFB, CHICOPEE FALLS, MA. GOT AN EARLY OUT IN OCT. '58. MARRIED IN '59. 7 CHILDREN. NOW 12 GRANDKIDS AND 1 GREATGRANDCHILD.
SPENT MOST OF MY WORK LIFE IN THE INSURANCE BIZ. RETIRED FROM COMMERCE INS WHERE I WAS AT VARIOUS TIMES A MARKETING REP. SERVED AS MARKETING MANAGER SEVERAL YRS. NOWADAYS I TRY TO DO NOTHING BUT STILL DO SOME PART TIME AT LOCAL COUNTRY CLUB CANDLEPIN BOWLING ALLEY.
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