John Fermanis:
CLASS OF 1982
Fremd High SchoolClass of 1982
Palatine, IL
John's Story
John is from Palatine, Illinois. John's schools include Fremd High School. John later attended School of Hard Knocks, University of Life. John works(ed) at Mainframe Software Management.
Music John likes includes The Grateful Dead, The Beatles, Allman Brothers Band. Books John likes include Fans of Stephen King. Movies John likes include Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart, Warrior. TV shows John likes include Band of Brothers, Sons of Anarchy, The Closer.
One of John's favorite quotes is:"There is no longer any excuse for the black minority community to not succeed. 'CNN anchorman'.
"It is the soldier, not the reporter who gives us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet who gives us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer who gives us freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin in draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." ~ Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, Sergeant, USMC
Senator Metzenbaum to Senator Glenn: "How can you run for Senate when you've never held a real job?"
Senator Glenn: "I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps.I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by ant...i-aircraft fire on 12 ...Expand for more
different occasions. I was in the space program. It wasn't my checkbook, Howard; it was my life on the line. It was not a nine-to-five job, where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank. I ask you to go with me ... as I went the other day... to a veteran's hospital and look those men - with their mangled bodies - in the eye, and tell them they didn't hold a job! You go with me to the Space Program at NASA and go, as I have gone, to the widows and Orphans of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee... and you look those kids in the eye and tell them that their DADS didn't hold a job. You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in Arlington National Cemetery, where I have more friends buried than I'd like to remember, and you watch those waving flags. You stand there, and you think about this nation, and you tell me that those people didn't have a job? I'll tell you, Howard Metzenbaum; you should be on your knees every day of your life thanking God that there were some men - some men - who held real jobs. And they required a dedication to a purpose - and a love of country and a dedication to duty - that was more important than life itself. And their self-sacrifice is what made this country possible. I have held a job, Howard! What about you?"".
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