Shorty

I was born 7 April 1949 in Manchester, NH.   Grew up there in the snow!   I started riding when I was about 14.  A group of us got a hold of a Whizzer mounted on a
Schwinn bicycle that we used on some old logging roads on the west side of the city.  As it turned out, when we were old enough to get a driver’s license we each
bought street legal machines, then proceeded to strip them and turn them into scramblers.  Spent a couple of summers racing in the dirt during High School.  
Went broke in the process!  I graduated from Central High School in June of 1967 (Industrial Arts Program) then on January 31, 1968 I went into the Army.  Basic
training at Fort Dix, NJ, AIT at Fort Knox, KY, then I was stationed in the Transportation Brigade at Fort Eustis, VA.  I entered Vietnam through Cam Ranh Bay, then
enjoyed a Chinook ride to Phu Bai, just south of Hue.  I was stationed with the 101st  Airborne where I spent 1970 (January through December).  I spent a
considerable amount of time fixing stuff, generators seemed to require most of my attention, jeeps: M151 and M37 if I remember correctly.   I had two breaks in
service.  The first break was after Nam.  Then at the end of November 1974 my wife and I both found ourselves out of work at the same time.  With no prospects,  I
re-entered the Army on the Stripes for Skills program as a printer and plate maker.  In eleven months I was out again on a Hardship Discharge.  In 1978 I was back
in, as a mechanic again, and spent until the end of January 1998 on Active Duty.  In 1983 I was selected for flight school and spent the rest of my career as an
Army Aviator.  During my aviation career I was qualified in the UH-1H Huey, a little boot leg time in the OH-58, the AH-1 Cobra was the most fun to fly.  I also flew
some Fixed Wing airplanes, C-12C and C-12D (Beech King Air), VC-6 (Early model of the King Air),  and the deHavilland Dash-7.   I spent 1 year in Vietnam, 3 years
in Germany,  5 years in the Panama Canal zone, a year in Turkey, did some duty in Bosnia, and Korea.  It was a grand adventure!  Now I work on Redstone
Arsenal managing aviation maintenance contracts for the same aircraft I flew on Active Duty.
Shorty gets his Top Rocker

Congratulations Brother Shorty
Shorty and Brooklin