Grew up in two Finnish foster families in Portland, OR, Vancouver, WA, and Hockinson, WA. This revealed to me the phenomena of other languages besides English (specifically Finnish and Russian) and aroused the desire to learn more about them So, in my 5th year in the Army as a military policeman, I pounced on the opportunity to go to the Army Language School in Monterey, CA, to study Russian for 47 weeks. Finishing high in my class there, I then set out on 16 more years in the Army as a translator and interpreter, learning Vietnamese and Persian al more...
