Working as a Security Guard

In the late summer and fall of 1979, I worked as a security guard in Toledo, Ohio. I couldn’t find other employment and was happy to secure minimum-wage work. For three months, I worked nights primarily as an industrial security guard. I note details of how I became a security guard and my job assignments in this article.

In mid-July 1979, I had just returned to the United States from six years of living in Taiwan. I was accompanied by my Taiwanese wife and son, who were anxious in America. Little did they know that life would be tough and challenging until I secured employment with the federal government in December 1980.

After a two-week visit with my parents on a farm in Wisconsin, I headed to Madison and the University of Wisconsin in the used 1971 Dodge Polara I had purchased for $500. I stayed with my family for about three to five days in the old Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity house that then housed coeds. I planned to possibly find work at the University or as a translator at the United Nations.

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