User:Illgit/sandbox

<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -- I was born on Cape Cod, Massachusetts in the early fifties. My mother was the second of eight children born to parents who were strict Irish and English Catholics. Her mother died just after the birth of the youngest daughter. As far as I know my grandfather worked for the owners of a New Hampshire horse track and followed the racing circuit all the way to Florida. He died a few years after his wife leaving all the children to fend for themselves. The two youngest were raised by one of their aunts and uncle's and the other two brothers quit high school and joined the service. During World War 11 my mother lived with her four other sisters, having to quit high school to make ends meet and worked making Army blankets in one of the local mills. My father was a USAF test pilot and a former fighter pilot stationed in Korea which is why I was born on the Cape. He was originally from Kansas, Missouri, being the only child born to wealthy parents who associated with the film industry. He originally wanted to become a pilot after being on a plane with Charles Lindbergh and as the story goes he was bitten by the bug.