Thomas Roche:
CLASS OF 1962
Westfield High SchoolClass of 1962
Westfield, MA
Westfield Junior High SchoolClass of 1958
Westfield, MA
Abner Gibbs Elementary SchoolClass of 1956
Westfield, MA
Thomas's Story
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I graduated from Westfield High School in 1962 and went in the Navy in August. I spent a total of 20 years, and was stationed at the following places---Great Lakes, USS Eaton, Pensacola Naval Security Group, Puerto Rico, Pensacola Naval Security Group, Lajes Field, Azores, Winter Harbor Maine, Clark Field Phiilippines, Adak Alaska, Fort Meade Maryland, Edzell Scotland, National Security Agency.
After getting out of the Navy I worked until 1985 as a Woodcrafts Instructor at Fort Meade. In 1985 I became an overnight "Test Engineer" with Ford Aerospace. The highlight of my 5 years there was making 9 trips to Germany and Japan in a 2 year period.
In 1990 I changed jobs again and went to work for ...Expand for more
GTE. I moved from Maryland to Westmoreland, NY where we maintained an isolated Air Force Space Command site. In 1995 when the BRAC commission closed Griffiss Air Base I transferred to Misawa Japan for 2 1/2 years. I had made 2 trips to Misawa when working with Ford Aerospace so it made the tour pretty easy. With all our children grown up my wife and I made Japan our home for a while. In Oct of 97 I came back to Westmoreland. Later on I went to work at The Bank Of New York. It was the same kind of work I did for GTE. I got hired becauseof my generator experience. The bank had 750 employees (no cash--just computers) and we always had something to do. In 2006 I retired again.
Now--with my 2 web sites I am busier than when I was working....
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