Allan J. Bagnall Sr.

Joined the Army two weeks after graduation. Spend a 15 month tour in Turkey. Started working for the National Security Agency in 1965 and retired in 1991. Worked for US Airlines for 7 years and retired and have owned my own printing company since 1970 and retired from that in 2018. I am now completely retired and are doing some traveling.

Lived in the following places:
Ankara Turkey - Feb. 1961 - Sept 1961
Sinop, Turkey - Sept 1961 - May 1962
Harrogate, England 1966 - 1969
Bad Abiling, Germany 1979 - 1982

Lived in Europe for six years and traveled extensively. Took the British troop train to Berlin
in 1981. Going from West Germany to East Germany was like going thru a time warp. From 1980's to 1930's.

We have visited 49 of the 50 states. Look out Montana. We took the mule trip to the bottom of the Grand Canyon on our 25th Anniversary. It was the most exciting, "scarry" thing we did. The mule would not stop when a photo event happened so about ten years later we hiked to the bottom with our British friends. Very hard but rewarding. Spent two weeks touring Iceland in 2002, again with our British friends. If you want to see Iceland you have to stay in hostels. There are very few "big" cities. Went to Austraila and did the Sydney Bridge Climb and then to Caines to snorkle the Great Barrier Reef. Whole family are skiiers. We go to Colorado every year to ski and are usually joined by my youngest son and family. We celebrated our 50th Anniversary in Jerusalem.

Its been a good life..lots of ups and some downs.