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SHOMO Troop Recollections |
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If each of you would provide answers for the following questions, it would help establish the overall framework |
1. When did you become involved with the Showmobile/Soldier Show? |
I started with the show in early in 1966 |
2. How did you become involved? |
I entered a talent contest at the club on Fort McClellen, Alabama when I was in CTC (clerical training). |
My commander would not let me leave school to join the show so I finished CTC |
and then went straight to Atlanta - I was barely 18 years old. |
3. When were you with the show....How long |
I was with the show from early in 1966 to the fall of 1966 - I had surgery and I was not well. |
4. What functions did you serve? |
I was in the chorus |
5. In what productions did you participate? |
I do not recall the names of the shows |
6. Have you maintained contact with any other show personnel? |
Yes, Barb Rothman and I remained good friends for many years and we still talk on the phone from time to time. |
I keep in contact with her kids and grandkids. I remained in contact with Eddie Grimes for some years but lost track of him many years ago. |
7. Do you have a website or other online presence? |
8. Do you think your experiences as a member of the show had an effect on you post-military life? |
I'm sure it had an effect on my life - I met my husband at Fort McPherson and later married him at Fort Bragg. |
We have a son who just retired from the Army at the rank of Sergeant Major. |
Any other comments you'd like to make? |
I was just a kid when I was assigned to the shows. I came straight off the farm. I had to ask Bobbie Rothman what a gay person was - so naive. |
I went on to spend 31 years working for the Federal Government and the Department of the Army. I retired from the Pentagon in 2011. |
I currently live 8,500 ft. above sea level outside Bailey, Colorado between Pike National Forest and the Kenosha Mountain Range |
Years of acid reflux and smoking has stolen my voice, so I am no longer able to vocalize but I make an attempt just the same |
I can be contacted at eaglesheart@outlook.com. |