MY STORY:I DID IT MY WAY

About the Book

THE STORY OF THE GOEBEL FAMILY IS PROBABLY NOT AN EXCEPTIONAL TALE. EVEN THOUGH, I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF A STORY TELLER I WILL TRY TO TELL IT. I WILL START WITH MY GRANDPARENTS. I NEVER KNEW MY MOTHER’S FATHER (MY GRANDFATHER) BECAUSE HE DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN. HE APPARENTLY WAS AN INTERESTING MAN. THE INFORMATION I HAVE ABOUT MY GRAND FATHER, I RECEIVED FROM MY GRAND MOTHER, MY MOTHER, AND MY SISTER, THEY TOLD ME MANY STORIES ABOUT HIM AFTER MY MOTHER DIED MY SISTER SENT ME NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, WRITTEN NOTES, PICTURES, BOOKS, BIRTH RECORDS, ETC, THAT SHE FOUND, WITH MY MOTHER’S THINGS. THIS STORY CONTAINS THE INFORMATION THAT CAME FROM THE OLD NEWSPAPERS, SOME FROM THE RECORDS AND SOME ARE THE THINGS I REMEMBER MY MOTHER TELLING ME ABOUT HIM, MY GRANDFATHER’S NAME WAS AUGUST JOHANN ANDORAS PULS VON ROHR. AS HIS NAME INDICATES, HIS FAMILY WAS OF THE PRUSSIAN NOBILITY.

About the Author

I WAS BORN AND LIVED IN CINCINNATI, OHIO. I MET MY WIFE WHILE WE WERE GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL. BACK IN THE LATE 1930’S, WE WENT ROLLER SKATING, HORSE BACK RIDING, SKIING, SWIMMING AND DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF THE BIG BANDS. WE HAD VERY LITTLE MONEY BUT, THOSE WERE GREAT TIMES. SOON AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, IN EARLY 1943, I JOINED THE ARMY AIR CORP, AND WAS TRAINED TO BE AN AIRCRAFT NAVIGATOR. AFTER I WAS COMMISSIONED AS A 2ND LT., I MARRIED MY HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART. I SERVED IN COMBAT IN CHINA, BURMA AND INDIA, FLYING IN B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER TYPE AIRCRAFT. WHEN THE WAR ENDED I WAS RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE ARTILLERY RESERVE. I WAS LATER RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY AND TRAINED AS AN AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY MISSILE OFFICER. I SERVED A TOTAL OF 30 YEARS, IN MANY ASSIGNMENTS. I WAS TRAINED TO BE AN NUCLEAR WEAPONS EMPLOYMENT OFFICER, AS WELL AS BEING ASSIGNED TO COMMAND POSITIONS, AND ON GENERAL STAFF. I HAD A VERY INTERESTING AND REWARDING LIFE SERVING MY COUNTRY. I TRAVELED A GREAT DEAL AND WAS ABLE TO HAVE MY FAMILY WITH ME DURING MANY OF MY ASSIGNMENTS. EVEN THOUGH I WORKED LONG HOURS, IT WAS A SATISFYING EXPERIENCE. MY SON AND DAUGHTER BOTH GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY WITH HONORS WHILE WE WERE IN TEXAS. AFTER RETIRING FROM THE ARMY AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY AT FORT BLISS TEXAS. MY WIFE, AND I MOVED TO CALIFORNIA. WE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL BY CAR AND ON CRUISE SHIPS, WE ALSO WENT SAILING ON SAN DIEGO BAY AND STARTED PLAYING GOLF. I WAS A VERY LUCKY FELLOW, I LIVED THROUGH MANY VERY CLOSE CALLS, AND I MARRIED THE GIRL I DATED AND FELL IN LOVE WITH IN HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH HER ALL MY LIFE, UNTIL SHE DIED IN 2010, AT AGE 89.