James E. Hooker Jr:  

Mine is a typical tale, I was born at Ft MacArthur, Ca in an Army Hospital. I like so many others moved every three or four years if not sooner. My Dad enlisted active duty in '47 from the Guard, he grew up in and about Selma, Al and my Mom grew up in Nashaua,NH. I grew up at such resort areas as Camp Polk,La, Camp Rucker,Al, Camp Wolters, Tx, Fort Bragg,NC, Fort Benning,Ga, Nellingen,Stuttgart,FRG, Warner Kasserne,Munich,FRG,Fort Benning,Ga again then back to Wertheim,FRG then Butzbach, and finally back to Hunter AAF in Savannah, Ga. I started out my high school journey in 1966 at Baker High School in Columbus, Ga. After my first six weeks it was off to Germany and Wertheim where we were bused to Wurzburg American High School, hard to adjust coming from a rather large school to a very small one. During the summer of 67 my dad was promoted and we moved to Butzbach where again we were bused to school only this time to Frankfurt American High School, going from a small school back to a large one. In Jun of 68 my dad put in for retirement so he was sent back to Hunter AAF in Savannah, Ga so on the 1st of July 68 we got to fly back to Mcguire AFB in NJ, boy was that alot better than ...Expand for more