2 This book is dedicated to my mother and father Dorothy Ella Petersen And Delbert K. Petersen Special Acknowledgements My sister Linda Lugo for helping gather material and pictures My son Michael D. Petersen for keeping the original BIO documents My friend Debra Reynolds for editing my write-ups 3 (No Copyright Required) This Autobiography was written by JERRY D. PETERSEN In the year 2012 Note: Cover Picture was taken in December 2010 at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel Bar in Alaska 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................... 5 PREFACE .................................................................................................................................................. 11 CHAPTER 1 – Family History ........................................................................................................ 13 CHAPTER 2 – Pleasant Grove, Utah (1940-1958) ................................................................. 25 Our House and Property ............................................................................................................... 28 The Early Years ................................................................................................................................ 30 Grade School .................................................................................................................................... 31 High School ....................................................................................................................................... 35 CHAPTER 3 – Salt Lake City, Utah (1958-1961) ................................................................... 39 Salt Lake City ................................................................................................................................... 39 Wallace, Idaho .................................................................................................................................. 42 University of Utah ........................................................................................................................... 44 CHAPTER 4 – U.S. Navy (1961-1966) ......................................................................................... 49 San Diego, California ..................................................................................................................... 49 New Iberia, Louisiana .................................................................................................................... 50 Lakehurst, New Jersey .................................................................................................................. 52 Kenitra, Morocco, Africa ............................................................................................................... 55 Rota, Spain ........................................................................................................................................ 56 CHAPTER 5 – Tooele, Utah (1966-1970) ................................................................................... 59 Tooele City ......................................................................................................................................... 59 Tooele Army Depot .......................................................................................................................... 60 Rock Island, Illinois ........................................................................................................................ 64 Camp Carroll, Korea ....................................................................................................................... 64 Chambersburg, Pennsylvania ..................................................................................................... 66 CHAPTER 6 – Honolulu, Hawaii (1970-1975) ......................................................................... 69 San Francisco ................................................................................................................................... 69 State of Hawaii ................................................................................................................................. 69 Oahu .................................................................................................................................................... 73 Honolulu ............................................................................................................................................ 76 Waikiki ................................................................................................................................................ 76 5 Beretania Street ............................................................................................................................... 78 Wedding .............................................................................................................................................. 81 Kaimuki .............................................................................................................................................. 83 CHAPTER 7 – Hawaii – Mililani (1975-Present) ..................................................................... 85 Mililani Town .................................................................................................................................... 85 Our House ......................................................................................................................................... 88 Family ................................................................................................................................................. 90 Pets ...................................................................................................................................................... 95 Kudo IV (2000 – 2010) ....................................................................................................................... 98 Monty .............................................................................................................................................. 101 Life in Mililani ................................................................................................................................. 103 1975 to 1999 ................................................................................................................................ 103 1999 to 31 Dec 2010 .................................................................................................................. 106 1 Jan 2011 to Present ............................................................................................................... 109 CHAPTER 8 – Non-Government Work History ..................................................................... 111 Pleasant Grove House and Yard ............................................................................................... 111 Farm Fields and Orchards ......................................................................................................... 111 Pleasant Grove Cemetery ............................................................................................................ 112 Wyoming Oil Well .......................................................................................................................... 112 Drilling for Silver and Copper ................................................................................................... 113 University of Utah ......................................................................................................................... 113 Bingham Cooper Mine ................................................................................................................. 114 Rio Grande Railroad ..................................................................................................................... 114 Electronic Accounting Systems ................................................................................................ 116 CERIDIAN ........................................................................................................................................ 117 Times Supermarket ...................................................................................................................... 117 Honolulu Express .......................................................................................................................... 118 Wally Ho’s Garage and Grill ....................................................................................................... 118 DS Information Systems ............................................................................................................. 119 CHAPTER 9 – Fort Shafter ............................................................................................................ 121 Fort Shafter History ...................................................................................................................... 121 Computer Systems Analyst ........................................................................................................ 124 Computer Systems Programmer .............................................................................................. 126 6 Computer Specialist ..................................................................................................................... 129 Project Manager ............................................................................................................................