Growing up in a Military Family

Life began in November, 1944 in Pearsall, a small town in South Texas on the Laredo highway 60 miles south of San Antonio. Mom was living with her parents in Derby which was 10 miles south of Pearsall, while Dad was flying P51 fighters out of England.

Dad came home in the summer of 1945 and got out of the Army Air Force to work with his brother in law. Within the 90 day window to return, Dad determined that drilling wells was not for him so he went back into the Air Force. This begins the story of growing up in a military family.

As our family grew and moved around the United States and overseas, we got to live in some interesting places which molded of our lives. These are those places and periods of my life:

• The early years, 1945 to 1951 - Texas, Panama, and Germany
  
• Kindergarten through Fifth Grade, 1951 to 1956 - Texas, Kansas, Alabama
• Sixth Grade through Tenth Grade, 1956 to 1961 - Bossier City, Louisiana
• The Summer of 1959 - Marble Falls, Texas
  
• Eleventh Grade, 1961 to 1962 - Marble Falls, Texas
• Twelfth Grade, 1962-1963 - Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda
• Texas A&M University, 1963 to 1968

Janice and I were married in 1968 after I finished my undergraduate degree at Texas A&M University. Thus began the rest of my life:

• Graduate School at Texas A&M University, 1968 to 1970
• KFA Julich Germany, 1970 to 1972
• Texas A&M University, Bryan College Station, Texas, 1972 to 1976
• Munich Germany, 1976 to 1978
• Texas A&M University, Bryan College Station, Texas, 1979 to 1998
• Marble Falls, Texas, 1998 to 2007, Small Business Owner
• Marble Falls, Texas, 2007 to today, Retired

Today, I am blessed with a wonderful wife, two great daughters, a fine son in law, and three grand-dogs.