Significant Events
1945. Born 8 Oct., Salinas, CA. Protested
move to KS in Dec.
1947. Ran away from home. Found half-mile
away approaching grandmother's house.
1950. Fell in love in Kindergarten.
1951. Awestruck by July flood that ravaged
neighborhood. Ran under tables from doctors trying to inoculate me.
1960. Graduated Holliday Jr High School.
1963. Graduated Topeka High School June
1st. Left home June 1st. (Operated combine cutting wheat OK
to Saskatchewan.) Eating lunch in University of Kansas fraternity
house on Nov. 22 when JFK assassinated.
1965. Started work on Briery genealogy when 20 yrs old and didn't
have a clue where we came from.
1966. Survived June 8th Topeka Tornado.
1967. Summer laborer in Alton IL steel
mill. Slept 17 hrs -- late for shift work -- after returning from
July 4th weekend at Expo '67 in Montreal.
1968. Graduated Univ of Kansas and moved
to CA in Jan. Worked for AT&SF in LA. Met RFK 36 hrs before
he was shot in June. Drafted in July. Basic Training at Fort Ord
CA, Advanced Training, Ft Eustis VA. Sent to Vietnam in Dec.
1994. Bicycled most of Vietnam.
1998. Led tour of Vietnam; moved to France.
See Briery Genealogy home page for photo/address.