Terrence Chesney

About Terrence Chesney...

--DuPage County, IL --Drafted, but enlisted for 2 years on Saturday, November 30, 1968 RA serial number --Basic at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO Dec 2, 1968/March 7, 1969, Bravo company - AWOL twice, company punishment once, no Article 15s, kept my squad leaders stripes, never recycled --Headquarters Company, U.S. Army, Pentagon Ft. Myer, not qualified for the infantry How can you not be qualified for the infantry? --USAMSSA, in the sub-basement when answering the phone: Good morning, United States Army Management Systems Support Agency, Specialist Chesney speaking, how may I help you sir, phew that was always a mouthful --MOS 74Foxtrot, COBOL IBM OS/360 other duties as assigned, like security police, courier, etc. --Retired mainframe computer programmer/systems analyst 37 years with International Harvester/Navistar, fired once, quit once, yet no break in service --Married since 1969, met in the Blue Jacket lounge July 3, 1969 she was a civilian at the Navy Annex, from Louiseville, NE --6 kids, 14th grandchild due in October 2012 --3 daughters were in the Air Force ----C-130s Hurlbert, FL ----B-52s Minot, ND ----F-16s Hill, UT --3 devout civilians 2 Mercedes-Benz automechanics and 1 medical doctor -- I was close to 3 cousins and 1 friend from Logan Square, Chicago, IL. I went to college, they went to Vietnam. Two came back with body parts missing, one came back with a metal plate in his head. After college, I went to the Pentagon. The debt I owe is very personal.