Heritage+Story-+Batiz+Gina

= = =  __**Pappy Andy **__ =
 *  My Pappy Andy was born in Leechburg, PA. He was raised helping his dad in the garden and still likes to grow a veggie garden to this day. When he was 18 he started to work on the railroad. He was in the navy. He went to Africa and was a fireman with the navy for 18 months. He stayed in Northern Africa called Morrocco. It is near the dessert. Once he told me a story about a plane that crashed and it was in the middle of the dessert. It took such a long time to get there to the crash because there were no roads or paths to follow. When they finally got to the fire the Arabs already had it out. They stole all the parts of the plane that they could that there was just the skelaton of the plane left. My Pap said the Arabs would use anything shiny to make jewelry to sale to make money. After the 18 months, he went home. After four months of being back home he then got drafted into the army. His job in the Army was to drive trucks in France. When he was there he played baseball all summer because he was really good. When he was done he got a job at Allegheny Ludlum for 44 years. He kept being promoted to different jobs throughout all his years there. His final job before retirement was an inspector. If you don't know what Allegheny Ludlum is it is a steel mill. My dad is one of six kids my grandparents had. Three live in FL and three live in PA. These are a few things that are interesting about my Pappy Andy. **