William Cowley:
CLASS OF 1963
Acton-Boxborough Regional High SchoolClass of 1963
Acton, MA
Embry - Riddle Aeronautical UniversityClass of 1988
Daytona beach, FL
Stockbridge College of AgricultureClass of 1965
Amherst, MA
William's Story
Military
I signed up for ROTC at UMass (even though it was not usually offered to 2-year students), graduated, and got drafted while working to go back for a 4-year degree. I joined the Air Force thinking to get the degree and a commission but was thwarted by a first assignment in Orlando. Steady paycheck, sun, beaches, girls...oh well, try next semester. Finally finished summa cum laude many years later thru Embry-Riddle. My 27-year AF career sent me around the world (Panama, Far East, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and FL, NV, TX, ND, ID) ...Expand for more
experiencing things that were good and bad, beautiful and not so nice, idyllic and really scary. I had friendships that are not found in a civilian workplace, learned the meaning of responsibility and honor, gave and earned respect, and retired proudly as a Chief Master Sergeant/E9. Who could have guessed as an 18-year old that someday the sight of a red, white, and blue cloth waving from a flagpole or the sound of a single bugle across a field of names on stone would make your eyes tear up and your throat get tight? I would do it all again.
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