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Roland and Nina Smith currently live in Pocatello, Idaho. They have eight children (six living), all away from home. Four are married. They have sixteen grandchildren.

Roland is currently “underemployed” having been laid off from AMI Semiconductor in July, 2007. Roland’s hobbies include genealogy, photography, travel (particularly international travel), and anything to do with computers.

Nina is a full-time homemaker. She also enjoys genealogy, origami, photography, travel, and collecting. She has numerous collections, including medicine bottles, kokeshi dolls, Pez dispensers, Stangl pottery, keys, and occupied Japan figurines.

Roland was born in Utah and raised in Soda Springs, Idaho. Following graduation from High School, he enlisted in the US Air Force and became a Chinese linguist and part of the United States Air Force Security Service (USAFSS). Nina and Roland were married June 12, 1964, and moved immediately to San Angelo Texas. That was followed by a 42 month stay in Japan intersperced with a number of temporary duty assignments for Roland in Viet Nam.

Nina was born in Connecticut and grew up primarily in New Jersy and Connecticut. She married Roland the day she completed High School and then accompanied him to Japan.

The family has lived in Texas, Japan, Indiana, Ohio, Germany, Utah, a second time in Japan, a few months in California, Colorado Springs, and now Pocatello, Idaho. They own a small motorhome and enjoy camping, particularly in state and national parks. They also have discovered cruise vacations and generally take at least one ocean or river cruise each year. They are actively involved in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons).