Year(s) writing about: 1966/1967
Age at the time: 19-20
Lived at Fort Berry and Ft. Baker on the other side of Golden Gate Bridge
Was in the military with a rank of E-4 in Company C
Most vivid Presidio Memories: I was a parachute rigger I worked almost under the Golden Gate Bridge. We would go to the airstrip and board a plane and jump out on the other side of the bay. I think the aircraft was a U6A Beaver, it would hold 3 jumpers. The riots I lived in downtown SF, watching fire trucks ride on the streets with machine guns mounted on top.
Humorous memories: I was so poor that I would ask for KP (kitchen patrol) just so that I could eat from the mess hall. I retired in 1985 as a 1st SGT. When my wife was about to have the baby and I was driving her to letterman general hospital and I hit allot of bumps in the road.
Other Memories: My daughter was born at Letterman General Hospital; she is now 41 years old.
