George Costa -A friend on Bellevue avenue, Newport Rhode Island

George Costa -A friend on Bellevue avenue, Newport Rhode Island interview 8-4-19

Tell us a little bit about yourself;

I am disabled combat veteran and was in Vietnam from 1965 to 1967

I was a member of the walking dead 1-9, 1st battalion, 9th marines

In Vietnam we were targeted by the enemy as a group and were pinned down, only 13 Lived out of 250, this was in 65, I was one of the 13

What inspires you?

Nothing, I have severe psd- I suffer in all three clusters and am anti-social, I don’t like people, your one of the few people I talked to

Tell me some of your history?

I didn’t graduate from, high school, I got in trouble

in 9th grade at Thompson junior high school and was kicked out and went to boot camp

What do you like about Newport?

I love to Fish, especially sale water fishing

Tell me something about yourself that others don’t know

Surf shop owner, Sid Abruzzi’s father was my gym teacher, Duke Abruzzi

Would you like to add something else?

Yes please get out of here so I can make some Money

I like to make money from the tourist, not locals, I open their wallets at the top of the hill here, before they hit the restaurants at the bottom in Newport