Gerald R Thompson
Rank: Unknown
Entered Into Eternal Rest
1986-08-17
Age 49
1 entry.
SSGT Thompson walked up to me on my 9th day of basic training August 20th 1969 and ask me if I'd like to jump out of perfectly good airplanes. after recieving my positive answer, he put me through a physical test to see if I could make it as a Combat Controller. On my 7th day of basic I put in my dream sheet to be an air traffic controller. That's how he had found out about me. Anyway, after going through the PT. he informed me that I would be recieving orders to Ft. Benning GA then to Keesler... Read more
SSGT Thompson walked up to me on my 9th day of basic training August 20th 1969 and ask me if I'd like to jump out of perfectly good airplanes. after recieving my positive answer, he put me through a physical test to see if I could make it as a Combat Controller. On my 7th day of basic I put in my dream sheet to be an air traffic controller. That's how he had found out about me. Anyway, after going through the PT. he informed me that I would be recieving orders to Ft. Benning GA then to Keesler AFB, MS. I didn't see him until I went down to Panama in June 1970. that's where we had a few beers and we never saw eachother again.... Collapse
