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If you find yourself around Cape May, you are likely to see Bill McArthur
paddling his kayak (year-round) in the Delaware Bay, the ocean, or the
inland salt marshes. More recently, you can also spot him piloting and
fishing from his 24' boat, Anaerobic, in those same waters. Watch for Bill
cycling on his mountain bike on any of the roads close by the water. You
might see Bill jogging along the Bay or taking a long winter hike on a
barrier island beach. On those rare snow-covered days, Bill cross-country
skis (on the beach, if possible).
If you want to see Bill indoors, attend
one of the several aerobics classes that he attends weekly or play bingo on
Friday nights in the hall where he is a number caller. Bill is a
twice-certified aerobics instructor and a veteran of two bungee jumps in
Australia.
He drove a Yellow Cab in Philadelphia during one young summer. He
hiked from the North Rim to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on an August
day when it was 110 degrees at the bottom and 95 degrees up on the South
Rim.
Bill's wife Cathy is a (sometimes willing) companion for most of Bill's
activities.
Bill's résumé and family photos can be found at
http://ark.ship.edu/~wgm.
Bill was born in Kearny, NJ but spent his early years in California's
Silicon Valley before silicon was invented (just kidding, chemists) and his
teen years on Philadelphia's Main Line. A stint in the Army including a year
in the jungles of Thailand, college at Villanova, graduate school at Penn
State, and 27 years of teaching at Shippensburg University (PA) finally
brought Bill back home to NJ, where he taught Computer Science at Stockton
College for three years.
Bill has started a computer services company, Computing Doc LLC, to help pay
the bills since his retirement in May of 1999. He also is the webmaster of
CapeMayBeach.com, a website full of information and hundreds of photographs
dedicated to the beauty of the Bayside beaches of Cape May County.
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~~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~~/from the beach
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)>==)>o / William G. (Bill)
_______________/ McArthur
http://www.ComputingDoc.com
http://www.CapeMayBeach.com
MOS: 059 Title: Intermediate Speed Radio Operator
Job Description: I was assigned to the Headquarters Platoon and served as
Commo Chief, Librarian, Movie Projectionist, Mail Clerk, Draftsman, Training
NCO, Operations Clerk, and Acting Operations NCO.
FYI - The 561st started as Company D of the 815th
Engineer Battalion (Construction) at Fort Bliss, Texas. Company D (enhanced)
was moved en-mass to Camp Friendship in December, 1962. Sometime after that
the name was changed to the 561st.
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