by
John D.
After graduating high school, I did a single
enlistment in the Navy. I then began working at Lockheed in Marietta, Georgia.
It was in 1953, just prior to C-130 production. I was a capital electrical and
electronic equipment space assembly installer. The C-141 simulator and C-5A
followed, and I gained valued training. My electronic vocation school training came
into play, and I was given new assignments, including quality control inspector
and precision measuring equipment specialist. Altogether (layoffs set aside) I
enjoyed 16 years Lockheed. All this greatly honed my technical development and provided
me a most rewarding employment and career path. My experience with Lockheed eventually
led to a most successful professional retirement in government service.
