Comments - San Pedro Vet Publishes Amusing Vietnam Memoir - San Pedro News Pilot2024-03-29T01:59:00Zhttp://sanpedronewspilot.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6389356%3ABlogPost%3A67559&xn_auth=noI attended Dana Junior High f…tag:sanpedronewspilot.com,2014-10-17:6389356:Comment:677552014-10-17T20:34:20.471ZRick Jacksonhttp://sanpedronewspilot.com/profile/RickJackson
<p>I attended Dana Junior High from 1960 to 1963. I wanted to attend San Pedro High, but my parents moved up to Miraleste, and I would have had to go to Palos Verdes High, so instead I entered Fermin Lasuen Catholic High. It was a lousy school. Anyway, in 1967, I was just joining the Navy, and my dad took me to the office of the San Pedro News Pilot. They took a picture of me and I was on the front page, which was amazing, since there was nothing special about it. I wonder if the record…</p>
<p>I attended Dana Junior High from 1960 to 1963. I wanted to attend San Pedro High, but my parents moved up to Miraleste, and I would have had to go to Palos Verdes High, so instead I entered Fermin Lasuen Catholic High. It was a lousy school. Anyway, in 1967, I was just joining the Navy, and my dad took me to the office of the San Pedro News Pilot. They took a picture of me and I was on the front page, which was amazing, since there was nothing special about it. I wonder if the record is still there, as I know it would have been some time in January, 1967 during the first two weeks, as I joined on January 16th or 17th. Last February, I visited San Pedro and visited all my old homes there, and walked through Averil Park again. Nothing seemed changed. The picture of me that you see in this comment is me, standing by the USS Ohio.</p>