nelson Baker:
CLASS OF 1960
Chaffee High SchoolClass of 1960
Chaffee, MO
nelson's Story
AFTER I GRADUATED, I JOINED THE AIR FORCE. I SERVED 2 YEARS AT WESTOVER AFB IN SPRINGFIELD MASS. I SERVED ALL MY YEARS IN COMMUMNICATIONS. FROM WESTOVER I WAS TRANSFERRED TO A REMOTE SITE IN ALASKA FOR A YEAR. WHILE I WAS IN ALASKA PRESIDENT KENNEDY BLOCKADED CUBA (THINGS GOT A LITTLE TENSE FOR AWHILE.) FROM ALASKA I WAS TRANSFERRED TO L.G.HANSCOMB AF BASE IN BOSTON MASS. MY WIFE, JOYC E, AND I WERE IN BOSTON WHEN PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS ASSINATED. THAT WAS MY FINAL POSTING IN THE AIR FORCE.
AS I MENTIONED ABOVE, I MARRIED MY HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, JOYCE LONG , WHILE I WA...Expand for more
S IN THE AIR FORCE. WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED 50 YEARS AND COUNTING. AFTER WORKING 30 YEARS WITH AT&T AS A CABLE SPLICER IN ST.LOUIS COUNTY, I RETIRED ON 25 ACRES NEAR AUXVASSE, MO.
JUST AN INTERESTING TIDBIT, THE PROPERTY WHERE WE RETIRED AND BUILT A HOUSE,WAS JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHERE BOB GOIN HAD BOUGHT LAND. WE FOUND THIS OUT AT THE LAST REUNION. HE WE NEIGHBORS AND WE NEVERE KNEW IT.
WE NOW LIVE AT THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS NEAR OUR DAUGHTER, SON IN LAW AND GRAANDSON. NOW WE ARE ALL THINKING OF MOVING TO BRANSON. NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD TURN INTO GYPSIES :)
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