Neil Persinger:  

I have to apologize for being so tardy in writing the brief story of my life to present day. I was born in WV in 1937. In 1943, my family moved to Ashtabula, OH, where I started my schooling at Division Street Elementary School. In 1945, my family moved to Edgewood, where I attended school until 1948. My family then moved to NJ, where I went to Maywood JHS until 1952, then bussed to Bogota, NJ, for my sophmore year. In 1954, my family moved from NJ to Ashtabula Harbor for my junior year. Once again my family moved. In 1954, we moved to White Plains, NY. In 1955, I graduated from WPHS then returned to Ashtabula where I spent a season on the iron ore ships. It has been said that the Persinger's have itchy feet. I believe it. I returned to New York, where I met my future wife and enlisted in the Army in 1957. I spent many years In the Army, first with the 101st Airborne, then Special Forces, finally retiring in 1983, as an in...Expand for more