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"The difference between one man and another is equivalent to how they've lead
their lives."
Forrest Caricofe
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WHAT'S ON MY MIND TODAY
**I know you're tired of me copying and pasting and I'm getting tired of it too,
so today I'll type using my own brain and not someone else's brain.
For those that know little about me, I'll introduce myself. My name is Randolph
Forrest Caricofe, Jr, but I go by Forrest. Not Forrest Gump, but if I was I can't
"run, Forrest, run" anymore, because of my age, I can only "walk, Forrest, walk."
I was born in 1492 when "Columbus sailed the ocean blue." No that's not right.
I get this date mixed up sometimes because the numbers are the same. I was
born on October 27, 1942 in the old Rockingham Memorial Hospital in
Harrisonburg, Virginia. I say old because a brand new and renamed hospital was
built on the outskirts of the city now named Sentara Rockingham Memorial
Hospital.
Our family lived in about 8 different homes more or less in the Dayton, Virginia
area where I grew up. The population of Dayton at that time was about 500
souls. I have, me being the oldest, 3 siblings, Roland, Nancy (married name
Showalter) and Jerry in order of birth and about 2 to 3 years apart.
I attended Dayton Elementary where my Aunt Nita worked and where one of my
Mother's best friends, Mrs. Hilbert was a 5th grade teacher. She would tap you
you on the head with a ruler if you misbehaved, I'm sure I received my share of
taps on the head.
After graduating from the 7th grade at Dayton Elementary, I attended Turner
Ashby High School a 5 minute walk northwest from Dayton Elementary. I
graduated in 1961 before integration took place after 1961, the Afro Americans
going to Lucy F. Simms High School in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
I then went to Shenandoah College in Winchester, Virginia for 1 year and then
transferred to Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia and was a student for
1 year before deciding to hitchhike to Houston, Texas and then on a bus to Los
Angeles. I was drafted in 1964 and then on to Fort Polk, Louisiana and then to
Fort Gordon, Georgia. By air, along with other soldiers, to Oakland, California
then on a troop ship for 23 days to South Korea. After serving 13 months, I along
with other soldiers, were flown to the Seattle-Tacoma Airport in Washington
state and then I flew to Dulles International Airport on the outskirts of
Washington, D. C. I was either picked up by someone I don't remember or I took
a Greyhound to Harrisonburg, Virginia and returned to Bridgewater College for
remaining 2 years graduating with a degree in Sociology.
I've left some things out and this is but a small portion of my life I'm telling you
about. Will I tell you the rest of the story of my life? I guess it will depend if I
live long enough?
Copyright ©2017 forrestcaricofe.com All Rights Reserved
"The difference between one man and another is equivalent to how they've lead
their lives."
Forrest Caricofe
Google search: About 63,800,000 results (0.81 seconds).
No results found for "The difference between one man and another is equivalent
to how they've lead their lives."
WHAT'S ON MY MIND TODAY
**I know you're tired of me copying and pasting and I'm getting tired of it too,
so today I'll type using my own brain and not someone else's brain.
For those that know little about me, I'll introduce myself. My name is Randolph
Forrest Caricofe, Jr, but I go by Forrest. Not Forrest Gump, but if I was I can't
"run, Forrest, run" anymore, because of my age, I can only "walk, Forrest, walk."
I was born in 1492 when "Columbus sailed the ocean blue." No that's not right.
I get this date mixed up sometimes because the numbers are the same. I was
born on October 27, 1942 in the old Rockingham Memorial Hospital in
Harrisonburg, Virginia. I say old because a brand new and renamed hospital was
built on the outskirts of the city now named Sentara Rockingham Memorial
Hospital.
Our family lived in about 8 different homes more or less in the Dayton, Virginia
area where I grew up. The population of Dayton at that time was about 500
souls. I have, me being the oldest, 3 siblings, Roland, Nancy (married name
Showalter) and Jerry in order of birth and about 2 to 3 years apart.
I attended Dayton Elementary where my Aunt Nita worked and where one of my
Mother's best friends, Mrs. Hilbert was a 5th grade teacher. She would tap you
you on the head with a ruler if you misbehaved, I'm sure I received my share of
taps on the head.
After graduating from the 7th grade at Dayton Elementary, I attended Turner
Ashby High School a 5 minute walk northwest from Dayton Elementary. I
graduated in 1961 before integration took place after 1961, the Afro Americans
going to Lucy F. Simms High School in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
I then went to Shenandoah College in Winchester, Virginia for 1 year and then
transferred to Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia and was a student for
1 year before deciding to hitchhike to Houston, Texas and then on a bus to Los
Angeles. I was drafted in 1964 and then on to Fort Polk, Louisiana and then to
Fort Gordon, Georgia. By air, along with other soldiers, to Oakland, California
then on a troop ship for 23 days to South Korea. After serving 13 months, I along
with other soldiers, were flown to the Seattle-Tacoma Airport in Washington
state and then I flew to Dulles International Airport on the outskirts of
Washington, D. C. I was either picked up by someone I don't remember or I took
a Greyhound to Harrisonburg, Virginia and returned to Bridgewater College for
remaining 2 years graduating with a degree in Sociology.
I've left some things out and this is but a small portion of my life I'm telling you
about. Will I tell you the rest of the story of my life? I guess it will depend if I
live long enough?
Copyright ©2017 forrestcaricofe.com All Rights Reserved
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