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Joseph (Albert) Archambault

Upon leaving school, I went to Canada for a time, as it was my native country. It wound up to be 14 years. Ten of those years was in the Royal Canadian Air Force where I was part of the Cold War for the length of my term. Much of the time was spent in isolated or semi-isolated stations in the--pretty far--north. Those stations were on what was called "The pinetree Line" Some of these units were in "Bush Country"---just above tree line. The different stations where I was sent were land fixed LRR stations. (Long Range Radar) One of those stations was 200 miles from the closest civilization. At these places, I was involved in the search, detection, and destruction of enemy aircraft. We were "visited" quite a few times by Russian aircraft. They would come across over the north to see what we were up to. Just eavesdropping I suppose, and we'd scramble fighters and chase them back home. In those days, these stations were secret locations. Remember, at that time, "The Russians were coming" I was also associated with the "Mid-Canada Line" and "The Dew Line" I also spent three years of my service time at Larson Air Force Base in the State of Washington. That was on a Semi Automatic Ground Environment unit.(SAGE) I have many fond memories of my service days. I was married in 1964 and, after being released from the military, moved back to Maine. I went to Federal Court in 1980 to be Naturalized as a U.S. citizen. My wife and I have two children--1 boy and 1 girl--and three grand-children,and one great-grandson. My oldest grandson is in the state of Nevada. At this time, my son and daughter live within a 2hr drive from us. There have been quite a few experiences since the service days, and I am now driving schoolbus for SAD#61 which covers Bridgton, Naples, Casco, and Sebago and have been doing that for the last 17 years. We have been living in Harrison, Maine for 38+ years. Looking back on all that has been accomplished, I would change nothing. It has all been a time of great experience and excitement and there is so much more that I want to do and look forward to.

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