John De Laney:
CLASS OF 1956
Northeast High SchoolClass of 1956
Oklahoma city, OK
Classen High SchoolClass of 1961
Oklahoma city, OK
John's Story
WORKED IN THE OIL FIELDS IN FT STOCKTON, TX. I SEMSTER OK&AM COULDN'T STAND TO BE INSIDE. WENT BACK TO OIL FIELD. 12/27/1957 JOINED THE ARMYSECURTY. ON 8/1958 WENT TO OKINAWA GENE WAS KILLED IN A CAR WRECK IN MACON,GA. ON4/12/1960 THE SADEST DAY OF MY LIFE. MY MOTHER DIED ON 7/7/1987. I FOUND OUT THAT GENE & I HAD STILL BORN TWINS. SO I'VE LIVED FOR 5 PEOPLE. THE TWINS, GENE , MY MOM, AN MYSELF. I'VE LIVED MY LIFE TO THE FULLEST AND SUM. I'VE WORKED UNDER COVER WORK THE FBI & SECRET SERVICE. AND DID UNDER WATER DEMOLITION FOR THE FEDERAL GOVT., OFFICER FOR AND INS CO 12 YRS. STATED JD'S PRINTING ON 2/13/1966, WHICH I STILL HAVE THE CORP. MARRIED 3/24/1962 DIVORICED 2/27/1990 SHE DIVORVED WHILE I WAS RECOVERING FOR 8 GUN SHOT WOUNDS, LOST 3 PINTS OF BLOOD. THE DIDN'T OPERATE FOR 3 DAYS. INDUCED ME IN A COMA, THEY GAVE ME 28MG MOROFIN EVERY 2 1/2 HRS & I'D WAKE UP EVER 2.5 HRS WANTING MORE. I HAVE A HIGH THRESHOLD OF PAIN. I WAS SHOT TWICE 2IN FROM MY HEART. I HAVE A 13TH SENCE. HE TRIED TO BACK SHOOT ME, BUT I TUNRNED AROUND I GOT MY RIGHT HAND UP AND IT DEFLECT THE BULLETS I HAVE SOOM SCARS ON MY HAND AND ONLY HALF OF MY RIGHT THUMD. I STILL FEEL FOR IT. I DIDN'T KILL HIM, SOMBODY ELSE DID. I BLACK OUT AND HIT TWO PARKED ON 6/1/2001 AND AGAIN ON 12/15/2001. THE RAN MRI'S CAT SCANS, BRAIN SCANS. THE DR IN FBURARY 2002 TOLD THETHAT I HAD A STOKE. I HAD 3 SCARS ON MY BRAIN. HE ASK ME IF I HAD ANY SIDE EFECTS. SAID, LIKE WHAT . MEMORY LOSS. I THOUGHT THAT I WAS JUST GETTING OLD. I HAVE SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS. BUT I CAN REMEMBER WHAT HAPENED WHEN I WAS 3 YRS OLD. THE REASON I DON'T HAVE ANY SIDE EFFECTS: THEY REDUCED MY BODY TEMP, WHICH REDUCED MY BRAIN TEMP, AND THEY DIDN'T OPERATE FOR 3 DAYS. I ASKED THE DR IF HE WAS WAI...Expand for more
TING TO SEE IF I WAS GOING TO DIE. HE SAID YES. I HAVE A CROCKED LITTLE FINGER ON MY LEFT HAND THAT THEY DIDN'T SET. . MY MOM DIDN'T BUY A TV UNTIL '59 TO KEP GENE AT HOME. SO IV'E READ ALL THE TIME.
IN THE ARMY THEY CALLED ME THE PROFESSOR . I ALWAYS CARRIED AS BOOK WITH ME.THAT KEPT MY BRAIN ACTIVE. HAD TO RE-TEACH MYSELF HOW TO PLAY CRAPS AND MY TABLE GAMES. I FINALLY LEARN HOW TO PLAY BACCARAT, IT TOOK A WHILE TO LEARN TO PLAY IT RIGHT.
I TOLD MY DAUGHTER THAT I WAS TOO MEAN & TOUGH TO DIE. I'V DIED (8)TIMES AN GOD KICKED ME BACK, BECAUSE I'M A SMART ASS, HE DOESN'T WANT ME MESSING IN HIS BUSINESS UP THERE. SO I JUSTHELP PEOPLE..I HAD AN OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE WHEN I WAS SHOT.THE DEATH ANGEL CAME TO GET ME, I TOLD HIM THAT I WASN'T GOING TO GO, THAT I HAD TO SAVE MY SON GREG. I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD FIGHT HIM FROM HEAVEN TO HELL, THAT I WASN'T GOING. I'M LOOKING DOWN AT SOMEONE BEING SHOT. I GO BACK DOWN AND IT WAS ME THAT I AWAS SEEING. I MADE MY BROTHER-IN-LAW TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL, HE TOOK THE LONG WAY AND TRIED TO BLEED ME OUT. I'M STILL HERE AND HE ISN'T. I WORK FOR TARGET FOR 4 MONTHS WOUND UP WITH ANOTHER CONCUSSION 26TH LIFETIME. I WENT TO TEXAS CIYY, TX FOR 6 MONTHS. MOVE TO LAS VEGAS ON 6/18/2003 AND HAVE BEEN HERE EVER SINCE. MY SON GENE WORKS FOR THE USPS. GREG IS A PA AND A CAPT ITHE TX STANDBY RESERVE. (HE HAS SINCED RESIGNED IS COMMISSION, BECAUSE OF THE A-HOLE IN THE WH. HE'S BEEN OVER SEAS 6 TIMES. DAUGHTER DEBRA WORKS FOR AN INS CO. OVER LOOK MY TYPING ERRORS. MS KELLER WOULD HAVE A FIT. I MADE A C IN HER CLASS UNTIL SHE FOUND OUT THAT I PLAYED FB AND THEN I T AN A. THE GIRLS GOT MAD. 12/18/2013 HIP REPLACEMNT, 7/8/2014 APPENDIX REMOVED, JUST MADE I TO HOSPITAL. IN TIME. UDATED 4/19/2015
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