Roger Warren:  

Life My primary interests, outside of my long-standing relationship with my wife, Nancy, is helping reunite old Marine friends from my service in Vietnam. Though I feel a strong connection to the Class of 64', I quit school in the last semester of my senior year to join the Marine Corps and was in Vietnam almost a year later. I'm a proud member of the first Marine combat unit deployed to Vietnam in January, 1965. I might add, I completed my high school education in the Corps and I've accumulated a number of college credits since. I am also working on a book about the Civil or Uncivil War. The book is primarily an in-depth study of Condederate units who were organized in the Upper Cumberland Region of Tennessee. At the ripe old age of 57, I still look forward to each day and every rainbow I see. I also have many fond memories of times past and those I knew in both complicated and simple times. In recent years, life has become far less tiresome and far more satisfying for me. Maybe it's the fresh air here in the hills of Tennessee, or a small glimmer of wisdom finally peeking through. If any old acquaintences want to share memories of the pre-mall era of Springfield, Ohio, just give me a tap. West-enders unite! Military Entered Marine Corps boot camp at MCRD, San Diego, CA, on January 29, 1964. Completed training on April 23, spent another 4 weeks at ITR, San Onofre, CA, and reported to M/3/7, 1st Marine Division at Las Pulgas, Camp Pendleton, CA, after a brief leave of absence at home. After extensive training here, my battalion boarded the ...Expand for more