William Vaughan:  

Hi Friends, After high school Nick Whitaker and I were sponsored by Brennans Cadillac to go to General Motors training center in Tarrytown N.Y. for 8 weeks, than we were Hired by Brennans in September. We were both 1A draft status and tested for the Air Force. Nick got his draft notice while doing that, so in Dec 1967 we enlisted in the Army for Aviation school, and became Helicopter mechanics. Our orders after Basic training got mixed up. I went to Fort Rucker 2 weeks before Nick, and that split up our tours of duty. I was stationed a few more months at Fort Rucker Alabama.Nick was sent directly to Viet Nam. Than in November 68 I was deployed to Viet Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division,at Dong Tam. Than 3/5 Air cav. than to Vinh Long to 7/1 Air Cav.Nov 68 to Nov 69.. Sent to Fort Eustis VA. for 2 months, than sent to Kornwestheim, Germany for my last 9 months of active duty. I hired on with Western Electric in Yonkers NY.Feb 1970 and was laid off in july 1974. Good friend From Western Electric Ricky Weaver went to work for Penn Central, and, helped me get hired on to the Railroad. Penn Central, Con Rail, back than, [Now, Metro North] I was trained to be a Tower Operator. I worked 2 different locations for 1 1/2 years,Pike, Rye NY Tower, than Vern Tower in Mt Vernon. than dispatched for the tower operators for the next 4 years in NY City. My girlfriend Lillian, at the time of 5 years, moved to California following her sister and Brother in law. Settled and got work. I was very stressed out with the railroad job. I came out to visit California. Than in Jan 1980 Moved to California. I drove my 1972 Corvette to California. I Left on a Sat at 12 noon and arrived in Santa Ana, California 4 days later Tuesday 7pm. I Hired on With Pacific Telephone in Feb 1980, and had time bridged from western Electric to total 32 1/2 years at this writing.[now at&t] Retired now. I was a service tech.[residence and small business] installer/field tech.for 18 years than Special services for 10 years. Installing high speed Data lines.In all, I have been an auto mechanic, helicopter mechanic, railroad tower operator, and a telephone data installer. I was Married in 1988, and Divorced in 1992. No children. My hobby has always been working on cars to get more horse power out of them. See pictures on this site. I moved to California in 1979 to find a better life, and I did. I have posted pictures of some of the beautiful things that the west coast has to offer, and some of my experiences here. There are captions written u...Expand for more