Life Update

I went into the Army a couple of weeks after graduation and retired as a Master Sergeant in 1981. I had a chance to make Sergeant Major but blew it by threatening to shoot three Colonels from the Defense Intelligence Agency who would not support an intelligence operation I was involved with in the VN War. I was there for six years. I was recalled for Desert Storm and retired again in 1991. After working for three high technology firms in the Northern Virginia area for about ten years, I quit and started working for myself. I am a specialist in Southeast Asian financial instruments and their past and current uses. I just published my fifth catalog; Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Coins & Currency, and for the first time I had a catalog printed in Viet Nam. It sold out there in a few weeks. Right now, I am working on four other catalogs, and am always writing articles for various periodicals and journals. Who would have thought?

My wife; Phung Thi Daniel, and I have a condo in Northern Virginia and a waterfront home on the Chesapeake Bay near Deltaville, Virginia. We also have a townhouse in Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) and a villa down in her hometown in the Mekong Delta. She is now a VP in FINRA but will retire in about 23 months and she is counting. After she retires, our plan is to spend the Virginia's six coldest months in Viet Nam, and Virginia's warmest six months in Virginia. Did that come out right? And we plan to travel around the world and the USA, to include Florida. I will retire from my research and writing when my eyes go bad and/or my fingers can no longer function on my laptop.

I can be reached at HADaniel3@msn.com.

Howard

News about Marilyn Kalie Wilkin, Class of '60:

Marilyn Wilkin fell on July 11 and broke her hip. She is in Florida Medical Hospital in Sebring. She went in for surgery this afternoon at 1 pm and was back in her room at 3:30. She came through with flying colors!!! She was even able to talk to Dana (their neighbor) shortly after she got to her room. Said her pain level was already down to about 1 and it was certainly at 10 yesterday.

According to her husband Sam Wilkin, also Class of '60, she will be going to Wachulla for rehab, probably on Thursday.

If you'd like to send her a card, their address is
Sam and Marilyn Wilkin
2411 Van Pelt Road
Sebring, FL 33870

Karin

Hi to the Class of '61,

Steve Schoch and Kathy Goodnight celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary and are doing very well. We went to the junior and senior proms together and decided to keep it going...so glad we did! Steve is a retired engineer and Kathy is still working as the assistant to the superintendent of a large private school in Sacramento.

A big "hello" to all of you,

Kathy and Steve Schoch

Thanks for the update and also for all you do for us aging Dragons. I don't know about you, but I'm having a real tough time breathing a decent fire anymore. My flamethrower is more like a Bic lighter these days......Our extended family's newest, my grand-nephew Cal Robert Prosperi, turns one-year-old today, June 6th. He is the firstborn of my sister Kris's (Class of '66) daughter Leah Prosperi and her husband Sam. I call him CaRob and he already loves his books (with which I keep him amply supplied). They live in Clovis, CA. Give my best to the gang. Cheers, Bill

I graduated with Dean E.Wilson who very soon after graduation joined the Air Force and went to Lackland AFB. I lost touch with him after that and wondered if there is anyway I can find out what happened to him. My maiden name was Fisher. Good work on keeping us updated! Glad to hear that some of us are still doing well and enjoying our lives! I sell Herbalife and love the products. If anyone in your area is interested, please email me at lenahoffman@verizon.net. I would be happy to hear from them! God Bless!

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