Gerald Carruthers:  

I graduated in June 1963 from Hirsch High. And left all nof those lovely girls behind. For those who did not know it I was supposed to graduate in Jan 63, but I made a side trip to Ft Lee Va which sent me to Peabody High School in Petersburg VA for a year.It caused me to not have the right mix to graduate on time..but it gave me a look at the segregated South and how the goverment could turn their backs when it pleased them. When I got back to Chicago, I found that I was a stranger in my graduating class, but I made new friends and move on and was better for the delay. I grew up in that extra time. I joined the army in August and went on to basic and then on to Los Angles Air Defense Command. I found that life was not like I imagined it would be (imagine that). I left California and went to Huntsville Alabama..Redstone Arsenal...Marshal Space Flight Center. I was able to realize my dreams in working with missiles and rockets and see the Space Race close up. I wae able to get my BS at Athens State Univ and a Masters at Alabama A&M Univ, recieved years and years of training in electronics and trained adults in Chrysler Electronics about electronic manufacturing equipment. I now help the troops in the field maintain their electronic equipment in their combat armor vehicle's fire control. I have traveled the world..Korea, Japan, Okinawa, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Switizerland, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Austria, England, Chech Republic,...Expand for more