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William J. Webbe Sr.
William J. Webbe Sr. was born and raised in Flushing, Long Island, New York. He attended St.
Michaels and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High, in Jamaica Queens. A year after
grad...vizualizați mai multeWilliam J. Webbe Sr. was born and raised in Flushing, Long Island, New York. He attended St.
Michaels and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High, in Jamaica Queens. A year after
graduation he enlisted in the Army for one year Universal Military Training. He was
recalled in 1950 to serve in Korea with the 25th Inf. Division, 27th Inf. “Wolfhounds “
Regiment, Company M, Heavy Weapons. He was assigned to I Company Infantry as a
Forward Observer for the 81mm mortars on the front line.
. He returned home in October 1951 and was presented the Bronze Star Medal in March
1952 for action against the enemy. It was presented by Brigadier General Barringer at
Governors Island in New York harbor.
He married his High School sweetheart, Helen in June1952. They have two grown children
Deborah and Bill Jr. and two Grandchildren Nicholas and Vincent.
He worked for Gibbs and Hill Construction Engineers in New York City as a Jr.Pdraftsman.
Gibbs and Hill was one of the builders of the Hydrogen Bomb plant in Oakridge Tennessee.
He was on the Port Washington Police Force for four and a half years. He left that position
to attend the Germane School of Photography. After graduation he opened his own
photography studio, “Town and Country.”
He was Office Manager for Conway Whittaker Inc, a Fleet Auto Leasing Company.
The Chief Field Investigator for Whittaker Associates a member of the iii International
Investigators Inc. After leaving both position he started his own Fleet Sales Company “H & A
Fleet Sales Inc.”
He retired from the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Department in 1992.
He took the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Firearms Instructor for Security
Concepts Training Academy in 1992 and retired from that position in 2002.
He wrote his first short story, “My Brother and Me,” it was published in the Good Old Days
Magazine. He has also written, “The Girl That I Married,” “Goodbye Good Friend ” “Safe at
Home,” “Honor, Family, Vengeance,” “Valley Forge In Korea,” “Service To My Country”
and a history on “Black Powder.”The History of Black Powder was used as a reference guide
in the Bayville Public Library.
He has completed his first novel,”We be Family you and I.” He has hopes that readers will
enjoy his novel as much as he enjoyed writing it.vizualizați mai puține