Voices from the Korean War - Douglas Rice [210]
After his wife became ill, he left school and got a job as a senior chemist in a research lab. He transferred to New Jersey, and then a year later transferred to Cincinnati, Ohio. Here he was responsible for sales in thirty-three states, and had five distributors working for him.
When he reached the age of sixty-three in 1995, he retired.
He still resides in Cincinnati.
Robert Harbula – After leaving the Corps, he tried to get a job as a security guard at a local atomic energy plant. However, he was turned down because he was only twenty-one. The job required for one to be twenty-five. It didn’t matter that for the past four years of his life he had guarded the President at different functions, and at Shangri-La (now Camp David), along with being a machine-gunner in five campaigns of the Korean War. So, he worked in the financial industry for twenty years and owned a sales franchise for another twenty years.
He and his wife, of fifty-six years, live in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. They have four daughters and one son.
Jack Chapman – In January of 1955 Jack tried to re-enlist in the Army, but failed the physical. So, he tried the Air Force and was successful. While in the Air Force, he finished high school and four years of college.
He retired from the Air Force and accepted an administrative position at a college. Where he taught Law Enforcement and was the colleges Police Chief. Twenty-one years later, he retired.
He and his wife live in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Rex Raymond – Last known, Rex was living in Washington.
Robert Grass – After leaving the Marine Corps, he returned to Evansville, Indiana and returned to work at A.D.T. Robert worked there until November of 1959, then he entered the ministry.
He and Vernia live in Owensboro, Kentucky. They have four daughters.
Brooks Outland – He retired from the U.S. Navy on November 1, 1973, as a Senior Chief Yeoman. He then went to work in the U.S. Government Civil Service, as Manpower Analyst, in Pensacola, Florida. Brooks was responsible for projecting total number of students and support personnel for all Navy training commands. In 1976 he retired.
He lives in Hawaii, where he is Supervisor of Volunteers aboard the USS Missouri.
Janice Feagin Britton – Using the GI Bill, Janice attended Boston University where she received her Masters and Post Masters Degree. She took a job at Pensacola Junior College, where she organized an Associate Degree Nursing Program—the first in the state of Florida.
She then went to Battle Creek, Michigan, where she did the same. Three years later, Janice moved to Mobile, Alabama. Here she volunteered as a Presbyterian Medical Missionary and went to Campinas, Brazil for three years.
After returning stateside, she accepted a position at a predominantly Black College to start a program for LPN’s, who wanted to become RN’s. The college was under a court order to integrate and have more white students.
Since her retirement in 1982, she lived in Africa while working for the Peace Corps.
She currently lives in Spanish Fort, Alabama.
Charles Toole – He retired in October of 1967, after twenty-fours of military service. He then moved to Pompano Beach, Florida where he went to work for the Fannie May Candy Company. He was the company’s Florida representative. They were headquartered in Chicago. In 1991 he transferred to the home office and retired.
He and Jan, currently live in Wausau, Wisconsin. They have four daughters.
Douglas Voss – After retiring from the U.S. Navy in 1969 he moved to Jacksonville, Florida. In 1970 he went to work for the U.S. Postal Service in the accounting and financial department. After twenty years, Douglas retired.
He still resides in Jacksonville, Florida.
Mario “Tony” Faiella – After leaving the Marine Corps, Tony and his brother went into a partnership. They bought a garage business. Six years later, Tony had his back fused. He then became a Sheriffs Deputy/Jailer and attended a criminal justice school where be obtained an Associates Degree in Criminal Justice. For fourteen years