“From Antarctica with Love,” with Guest, Retired Navy Lieutenant, Meteorologist, and Protagonist of a Viral Human Interest News Story, Paul Grisham; and Musical Guest, Singer / Songwriter / Composer, Liz Fohl, on The LIFE CHANGES Show #620

Guest: PAUL GRISHAM; and Musical Guest: LIZ FOHL

PAUL GRISHAM

Retired Veteran who had his wallet returned which he had lost in Antarctica 53 years prior while in service as a Navy Lieutenant Meteorologist.

The story which hit on Feb, 6th, 2021, has made nearly every major news show, newspaper and magazine in America, and is starting to make it’s way around the globe. In this day and age, we not only need a story like this to warm our hearts, but it also couldn’t have happened to a nicer man, who together with his wife Carole, have graciously said yes, to the major hourly attention from reporters.

We at The LIFE CHANGES Show are happy to say, our interview with Paul is different than all the rest, not the least of which is because our host, Filippo, and Paul’s son David have been friends since childhood.

TIMELINE

1947 –  Graduated from Douglas HS, Douglas AZ

1948 –  Worked for Southern Pacific RR in El Paso TX (clerk in freight yards)

1948 – Enlisted in USN – Boot camp at  Naval Training Center, San Diego

1949 – School in Corpus Christi  1-month

             School in Memphis 1- month (Indoctrination into aviation schools)

             AG A-school in Lakehurst, NJ 6-month (Weather Technician school)

             Fleet Weather Central, San Francisco   (Forecast Center)

1950 – NAS Alameda

1950 – Fleet Weather Central, Guam

1952 – Discharged

             Fullerton Junior College 2-years (AA degree)

1957 – Reenlisted in USN

             USS Bennington, CVA-20 – 4 years

1959 – Married Wilma Oretta Green

1960 – NAF Monterey

1961 – Birth of daughter, Michele Marie

1962 – AG B- school in Lakehurst, NJ (Enlisted Forecasters’ school)

             FWC Pearl Harbor

1964 – Birth of son, David Arthur

1965 – Promotion to Chief Petty Officer

             Advanced to Ensign, LDO (T)

             Officer’s Indoctrination School in Pensacola FL

             NAS Alameda

1967 – Promoted to LT(jg)

1967 – “Operation Deep Freeze” on THE ICE

1968 – Promoted to LT while in Antarctica