First Composite Radio Company

Fleet Marine Force Pacific

1960 - Enlisted

1961- Communication Tech School at Corry Field Pensacola Florida

1961-1963 - Karamursel Air Station, Turkey.  Spent 4 months TAD at Herzo Base, Germany.

1963-1964 - Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe, Hawaii. Spent 2 months TAD on the USS Bon Home Richard carrier CVA 31 and 4 months at Phu Bai, Vietnam. 

After I got out I worked as a residential commercial painter for 13 years.  Then I worked for 15 years in the plant modification department at the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant in Oregon.  When they closed the plant I went to work in the maintenance department at the James River Paper Mill plant at Halsey Oregon.  My wife of 43 years, Phyllis and I are retired and enjoying the good life with our son and daughter's families, including 4 grandkids.

                                                                           James and Phyllis Heimbuck

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