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The Great Depression in 1932.
Started Elementary School In The Depression hurt his family
1938. It impacted him greatly
because he didn’t know what to
1930’s because it put his family out of
work and it was hard for them to
expect and he was different from all get money to feed a family and he
the other children. He also had to was born right in the middle.
learn English which was very hard
for him.
WWII in 1941. He was young but
he remembers a little about it. It
devastated a lot of Americans.
Pearl Harbor attack in 1941. He
was young again and still. It was a
terrible day for all Americans. He
was in a little town that didn’t hear
Started high school in 1947.
a lot about outside things.
Schooling affected him because he
was very different from everybody
and didn’t know much about
anything. It was difficult for him to
understand the curriculum.
1940’s
Atomic bomb dropped on Japan
in 1945. My grandpa was young at
the time and doesn’t remember it
much. But it showed him how
serious things were and the
devastating outcome.
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Started Junior College in 1950. Korean War in 1953. It pulled his
College was a big success for him. family away from him and he had
It impacted his life greatly because to go to work because of it.
then he had opportunities to do
other things. And that was his
dream to go to college and get a
good education.
He had to quit college in 1952. He
was forced to quit college because
he had to go help his family with
financial issues. He was devastated
after that because that’s all he ever
wanted to do is finish college and
get an education.
Enlisted in the Air Force in 1952. The Civil Rights Act in 1950.
In 1952 he enlisted in the air force. Impacted him and the whole United
It was his dream to fly and he did States by the blacks having their
so when he fulfilled his dream it 1950’s rights.
had an affect.
In 1953 he started his flight
training. It impacted him greatly
because he achieved his dream of
flying and he did that for 20 years.
In 1956 He married Jackie President Truman approved the
Jauregui. Impacted because he atomic bomb in 1950. Impacted
made a commitment to a family. everybody because the bomb killed
millions of Japanese people. It
Daughter born in 1957 and Son impacted the entire world. It was
born in 1958. It had a big affect also a tough decision for Truman.
because he now had to provide for
his own family. He also needed to
take care of his own wife.
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Vietnam War in 1960. It affected
him because he was in the war. He
tells good and bad stories about his
experience in Vietnam. It was a
long war so the memories have
stuck with him pretty well.
Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. He
was in the service at the time and
Sent to Vietnam in 1966. He had 1960’s was worried about another war.
an assignment to fight in Vietnam.
John F. Kennedy assassinated in
1963. JFK’s assassination struck
him and all Americans at awe. He
didn’t suspect it.
In 1974 he received a job at
Boeing. He was then assigned to go
to Iran. It impacted his whole 1970’s
family because of all the moving
around he did.
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Retired from Boeing in 1995. He
was then able to take the vacations
and stuff that he wanted. 1980’s
First Gulf War in 1990. He was
out of the service by then but he
knew what the military had to do.
Since he was in the military he was
for the war.
1990’s
Iraqi terrorist attack in 2001. The
Iraqi terrorist attack was a big
surprise to him and to everyone else
as well. He didn’t expect it to
happen.
2000’s
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