Reece Caraker Jr.
I may have told this story before, but I don't remember for sure so here goes. The LHS Baseball team made a documentary film during the '61-62 school year. It was filmed at Henley Field. Sometime during my year at the Nike-Hercules site I was stationed at from 02/64 thru 02/65 it was shown on the AFRTS (Armed Forces Radio Television Service). My launcher crew was on hot status manning the launcher section where I worked. We had to have a crew on duty 24/7 while on Hot Status. We, the crew I worked with, were probably playing cards and someone mentioned Lakeland Florida on the TV. That got my attention. I got really excited and started telling all the others that's my high school, I know those people in the stand and the players. They weren't very convinced. I've tried to find the film on the internet and even talked with people at the school to no avail. In fact, I haven't spoken with anyone that remembers the film being made. I forgot to mention the missile site I was stationed at was at Thule, Greenland, 750 miles above the Arctic Circle.
Perhaps I was just dreaming.
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