John Champagne:  

“Champ sloshed out of a bayou”, my comment in our West Point yearbook says. It was the talk of the town when I was admitted to West Point. I was a freshman at Nichols State College at the time and when a professor found out I was going to West Point, no more tests were required. I would never trade the experience and friendships gained at West Point. The most important thing in my life was meeting my wife Margaret, at West Point and we married there the year after graduation. I followed a somewhat different path then most of my classmates when I went into the Air Force, as my retired Master Sergeant father had done. I had great assignments, including a fantastic assignment in Spain working with the Spanish Air Force. It was very satisfying to be part of an international program to enhance the security of both nations. My last assignment was with Air Force Security Service where I worked on systems that could provide safety for aircrews on combat missions. Margaret and I moved to the ...Expand for more