Roger Wahl:  

Life After graduation, I went to UCONN to play football...not to get an education...wrong reason!!! I broke my wrist that summer playing basketball and for the first time in a long time didn't play football that fall and I wasn't ready for college so I played basketball, cards, and other survival games at UCONN. I pledged "SAE" and was passing all my subjects A-A-B-B-C when "The Spirits" in me convinced me to go home with 4 weeks to go in the semester and quit college. The Army drafted me pretty soon thereafter (we all remember the "draft") and after basic training at Fort Dix, NJ and an additional 16 weeks of training in Virginia and 3 months more advanced training in Atlanta, I vacationed in sunny Pleiku, South Vietnam (near the Cambodian border) for a year of fun and frolic in those Central Highlands. I was sent to Vietnam on July 4 1968 and I came home exactly one year later on July 4, 1969. I got married and we moved to Augusta, and they can't get me to leave even though I am still referred to as a Damn Yankee (I've been here almost 50 years)! I graduated from Augusta College with honors and became a Certified Public Accountant and had my own CPA tax firm (20+ years) until I retired (disability) in 1993. I have been divorced for over 20 years...I have 5 children and 16 grandchildren. They have all li...Expand for more