Currently I am retired and enjoying the pleasure of my grand children.
Got tired of sitting at home so I have gone back to work part-time as a delivery driver for Advance Auto Parts working approximately 24-25 hours per week. I have now retired permantly due to medical problems. After 47+ years, good old Agent Orange reared its ugly head in the form of a cancerous tumor in the lower lobe of my left lung. We think we caught it in time and before it had a chance to spread. I am now minus the lower lobe of my left lung,The lower lobe of left lung was remove in July of 2015 and since it was still in stage one when removed it was decided that it was safe to just be monitored by CT Scan. On my scheduled CT Scan follow up in December of 201, it was discovered I had several tumors in the middle lobe of my left lung and surgery was again performed. Thoracic Surgeon was afraid that if he completely removed the lung it might kill me or else cause me to be an invalid for the rest of my life so he cut as-many-as he could of the tumors and put me on Radiation treatment M-F with Chemo on Thursdays. I am currently being treated at the James A. Haley VA Hospital in Tampa, FL.
Remembrance Profiles -
2 Airmen Remembered
Curtis, Woodruff, A1C
Eastwood, Robert, Sgt, (1965-1969)
1966-1967, 46230, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing - Wolf Pack
Best Moment Getting assigned to 555 TFS, 11/27/66, as a weapons load crew member, then getting assigned, 06/15/67, to the 433 TFS as a load crew member.
Worst Moment Getting a Dear John letter from my first wife, the mother of my first born son.
Other Memories All the beautiful sights and women.
Best Friends
Worked on or loaded weapons on, I think, one of the best Fighter Bomber Aircraft ever built, the Phantom F-4. This was my Senior Class Trip and I did enjoy it although the work was hard.
Best Moment
The entire tour of duty.
Worst Moment
Finding out my first wife had gotten pregnant by an Army deserter and haveing to curtail my assignment by 57 days to come back stateside and take possession of my first born son.
Other Memories
Turnong 21 on the load ramp loading every flyable F-4 in the 555 TFS.
