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from Sharecropper's Son to Tracking Missiles
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9781481226622
ISBN13:
9781481226622
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$13.20
from Sharecropper's Son to Tracking Missiles
$13.20
Although born on a farm as a sharecropper's son, I became fascinated with radios and electronics before television existed. I dreamed of the possibilities of space travel because of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. Because of moving, I attended many different schools including three in the first grade and three my senior year. I met and married my wife within about three months after being in the Navy during the Korean War. I was one of the early people working downrange in the Bahamas Islands when we first began launching satellites from Cape Canaveral. For two-years my family lived a 3-room shack on Grand Bahama Island because the company did not support families. My wife had a major heart attack in 1989 that damaged her heart. The doctors said she would probably only live another 5-10 years. She lived almost 22 years after the heart attack, but it was a downhill trek. The last few years, I became her caregiver, which became 24/7 as her health declined.
| Author: Jerry Blackerby |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Dec 15, 2012 |
| Number of Pages: 204 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1481226622 |
| ISBN-13: 9781481226622 |
