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" My Life
after Karamursel, Dick Ruediger"
(Aug 59/Feb61)
After 18 months of copying code and working direction finding for the
lustrous DOG Flight, I shipped out to Shaw AFB in South Carolina. . I was
assigned to an Air Police Squadron and handled all traffic tickets and
traffic accidents on the base. I became very popular when someone wanted a
ticket fixed.
I was
discharged on 1 Oct 1962 and went to work for AVCO Corp, which was sold to
Textron Corp. Later (2002) some of the
smaller divisions of Textron were sold and I was fortunate to be working in
one of the small divisions when it was sold and I was at the age of 65 so I stated collecting my full retirement from Textron and
signed on to collect Social Security also. I continued and still am working
for the new owner on a part time basis so I could benefit from the health
insurance he had to offer. The claim to fame for AVCO, Textron and Specialty
Materials Division the company I presently work for is we developed and
installed the heat shield material that went on all the Apollo space capsules
and made may parts including heat shield material that went on all the space
shuttles. I'm now in a high temperature, high strength metals group and we're
developing new material for military aircraft, sporting goods, etc.
I've
been married twice. I have two children and 3 grandchildren from my first
marriage, and two stepchildren and 4 grandchildren from my second marriage. My
wife Gladys and I live in Methuen Massachusetts. For many
years after my AF life I was a
avid snow skier and participated in bowling leagues. I played softball in the
industrial league for 35 years. Quit at 60 years old. I haven't tried golf yet.
I
really enjoy being a member of the Karamursel 60-61
group and I hope it continues forever. In my eyes this is the greatest group
of guys ever formed. If you haven’t
attended a reunion yet, you ought to try one.
Rudy
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