Wayne Davis:
CLASS OF 1965
Mt. Diablo High SchoolClass of 1965
Concord, CA
Wayne's Story
I was fortunate to be presented with a very hansome SON in July 1998. I am now retired from the private sector, propety management. I was DRAFTED AT THE SAME TIME MIKE HILL WAS DRATED WE BOTH WENT THROUGH BASIC TRAINING AND THAN AIT IN THE SAME UNIT.THAN SENT TO VIETNAM DIFFERENT UNITS BECAUSE HE WAS SMART ENOUGH TO STAY ON AWOL A FEW DAYS LONGER. I am NOW fortunate enough to stay home, raise my son, and learn more about these darn computers. Thank you and God Bless, Wayne & family..
We have recently located to bixby ok.THE WINTERS ARE COLD HERE NOTHING TO DO BUT WORK ON THIS STORY.
NOVEMBER 1965. I AM WILLING TO BET I HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING THE ONLY PERSON THAT EVER DUG A HOLE IN THE HIGH JUMP PIT AT MT DIABLO AND SPEND A COLD NIGHT. THIS OCCURED BECAUSE I PUT MY DAD ON THE FLOOR AND I KNEW IF HE GOT UP WITH ME IN THE HOUSE I WAS HISTORY. MET UP WITH ARLENE THE NEXT DAY GOT SOME MONEY AND TOOK OFF HITCHIKING I TRY TO STAY SOUTH TO GO TO RHODE ISLAND.WARMER TEMPETURES.WHAT I DISCOVERED OVER 3500 MILES AND 9 DAYS. THERE ARE MANY DECENT PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY SO MANY I CAN NOT LIST THEM ALL HERE . I WAS FED HOUSED AND GIVEN MONEY TO SURVIVE. THE LAST PERSON ON THE ADVENTURE DROVE 3 HOURS OUT OF HIS WAY TO MAKE SURE I WAS DELIVERED SAFELY TO MY GRANDMOTHERSS HOME. THERE WERE ONLY TWO EXCEPTIONS ONE GAY PROFESSSOR AND ONE VERY IRRADIC SCHIZOPHRENIC WHITE SUPREMIST.BOTH OF THESE SITUATIONS I HAD TO THINK FAST TO GET OUT ALIVE WITHOUT BEING INJURED SEXUALLY OR OTHERWISE. REMEMBER I WAS LESS THAN 140 LBS AND 6 FEET WHEN WE GRADUATED.BUT I WAS RAESONABLY ABLE TO THINK FAST ON MY FEET.
My best friend would tell you I'm ready willing and able to assist, but people who don't know me very well would probably describe me as standoffish silent loner
the day my son was born he looked straight into my eyes as if he had somthng to tell me. i instantly fell in love. the first time in my life. i was 51.
The one person from my past I'd most like to speak with is Candy Errek. i really did like her. At that time she may have been the only person i could commuicate with.Forunately for both of us HER FATHER HAS MY PROFOUND GRATTITUDE FOR INTERRUPTING THIS BUDDING RELATIONSHIP.HE KNEW FROM THE BEGINING AND SHE CAME TO REALIZE I WAS DYSFUNCATIONAL AND A VERY LATE BLOOMER,(IGREW 2 INCHES AFTER GRADUATION, AND GAINED 37 LBS BEFORE I LEFT BASIC AT AGE 21.) PLUS MY FAMILY LIFE.WAS NOT NORMAL (MAYBE SOME OF YOU KNEW ETHEL HER I.Q. WAS WELL INTO THE 150 RANGE. HELL WHEN WE WERE IN THE 8TH GRADE SHE ACED THE NATIONAL TEST ACROSS THE BOARD TOP 1% IN EVERY TESTED DISCIPLINE.
MY DAD WAS IN FOSTER HOMES FROM ALMOST THE BEGINNING. HE LANDED AT SCILLY OR NORMANDY (NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE BECAUSE HE WILL NOT SPEAK ABOUT IT) THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A REAL NIGHTMARE.. 80% CASULTY. HE DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE EDUCATED THAT WE HAD..BUT IN HIS DEFENSE HE GVAE ME THE LOVE OF COUNTRY AND FREEDOM. HIS EXAMPLE TAUGHT ME TO NEVR GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS OR THE DESIRE TO SUCCEED. TO TAKE LIFE AND RUN WITH IT. HE ALSO CONTRIBUTED MY LOVE FOR THIS NATION AND MY EFFORTS TO KEEP IT FREE. WE HAVE BUILT IN SAFTY NETS FOR ALL AMERICANS. WE HAVE A PERFECT BLEND BETWEEN SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM. NOW. WE DO NOT NEED AMERICAN HATERS, LIKE MOST LIBERALS, TO DESTROY OUR SYSTEM OF FREEDOM. WE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR. OUR CHILDRN AND THEIR CHILDREN. OUR DESENDENTS DESSERVE MORE..
AUGUST 17, 1969 THE DAMN MOSQUITOS HAD SEEMED TO BE BUZING MOST OF THE NIGHT. DURING GUARD TIME THERE WAS NO COVER ALTHOUGH WE DID HAVE PLAQUINEL TO PREVENT MALARIA. ALL OVER THE QUE SON VALLEY YOU COULD HEAR THE FIRE FIGHTS AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU COULD SEE THE SKY LIGHT UP FROM AN EXPLOSION OR FLARE. I REMEMBER A VERY UNEASY FEELING THAT PARTICULAR NIGHT. HARD TO GET ANY SLEEP WITH THE MOSQUITOS BUZZING AND THE FIRE FIGHTS AND THE HUMIDITY DRIVEN HEAT. HARD TO BELIVE AT 11PM IT WAS STILL THIS HOT.AUGUST 18TH CAME SLOWLY . DAVIS TAKE THE POINT. I WAS ALMOST ALWAYS POINT MAN FOR OUR PLATOON. WHEN NOT ON POINT I GENERALLY TOOK SLAK BOTH OF THESE POSITIONS WERE NOT REQUIRED TO PACK ROUNDS FOR THE 60.THERFORE WERE ABOUT 20 LBS LIGHTER I REALLY LIKE POINT IT WAS A CONSTANT RUSH(ONE TIME A HUGH SNAKE CROSSED. THE TRAIL. THIS SNAKE WAS ABOUT 4 IN IN DIAMETER. DAVIS SHOOT IT I MUST HAVE PUT 8 OR 9 ROUNDS AT IT FROM MAYBE 4 FT. MISSED IT .THE TRAIL WAS 3FT WIDE BUT NEVER SAW BOTH SIDES OF THAT SNAKE AT THE SAME TIME. .ANOTHER TIME I CAME WITHIN 5 FT FROM A WATER BUFFALO. THESE ANAMALS WERE NOTORIOUS FOR CHARGING GI'S. OR THE SMALL HERD OF ELPHANTS THAT ENCROUCH TO ABOUT 30 YDS FROM US. THESE WERE ALL INDICATIVE OF INTENSE MOMMENTS. BEING ON POINT JUST MADE IT MORE SO). BUT TODAY WAS MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER DAY. WE KNEW N.V.A. REGULARS WERE OPERATING. AND CHARLIE COMPANY WAS GETTING HIT HARD. THE UNIT COMMANDER ASSIGNED ALL TWENTY ONE OF US TO BREAK THROUGH AND DISRUPT THE NVA LINES THAT HAD CHARLIE COMPANY PINNED DOWN. THE HUMID HEAT FELT HOTTER THAN USUSAL COUPLE WITH LACK OF SLEEP I FELT COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED. THE MORNING SUN HAD JUST STARTED TO SHINE THOUGH THE CANOPY OFJUNGLE ELEPHANT GRASS AND WAIT-A-MINUTE VINES, AND VARIOUS TREES THAT HID THE BLUE SKY FROM THE UNDERBRUSH.THE HIBISCUS WAS IN BLOOM ADDING A TOUCH OF RED AND YELLOW TO THE GREEN ON GREEN LANDSCAPE. WHILE THE PLATOON WAS READYING THEIR GEER PREPARING FOR THE 5 CLICKS WE WERE ABOUT TO TRAVERSE. MY THOUGHTS DRIFTED TO A TIME LONG BEFORE. I WAS 3 TO 4 YRS OLD. OUR FOSTER MOTHER JUST WHIPPED OUR DOG TIMBER ( A BLACK AND WHITE COCKERSPANIEL) FOR PROTECTING ME I WAS CONSOLING MY SISTER ,ARLENE,THAT WAS "SPANKED" PRETTY HARD. ARLENE IS TWO YEARS YOUMGER. THE FOLLOWING MORNING OUR FOSTER MOTHER TOLD US TIMBER RAN AWAY. UNLIKLY I THOUGHT EVEN AT THAT AGE MY INSTINCTA SAID TO ME.
WITH IN A FEW ADYS FROM THIS EVENT OUR GRANDMOTHER SHOWED UP TO TAKE BOTH OF US HOME WITHOUT TIMBER. I WAS VERY SAD AT THE SAME TIME VERY HAPPY TO BE AWAY FROM THAT FOSTER HOME. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME MY GRAND MOTHER INTRUDED IN MY SHORT LIFE TO HELP ME OUT. IF NOT FOR HER I MAY HAVED DIED ARROUND ONE YRS OLD I WAS BORN WITH A CANCEROUS GROWTH ON MY NECK. AS THE TUMOR GREW IT STARTED TO CHOK OFF MY AIR SUPPLY. SHE MADE MY MOTHER TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE THE GROWTH REMOVED.( MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD STEP IN TO SAVE ME ONCE AGAIN. WHEN HIT IN VIET NAM. SHE STARTED A CONGRESSIONAL YOU SEE THERE IS A SOLE SURVIVING SON CLAUSE. I WAS THE LAST MALE TO CARRY ON THE DAVIS NAME. MY DADS BROTHER HAD DIED ON THE MARCH TO BATAN.)( ALTHOUGH MANY YEARS LATER I FOUND OUT ABOUT MY BROTHER RICHARD WILLIAM SAMMS; NAMED BY HIS ADOPTED PARENTS.) HE WAS BORN AT A DIFFICULT TIME SO HE WAS TOSSED OUT OF THE LITTER. I HAVE CALLED HIM 5 TIMES . HE WAS A;WAYS POLITE BUT DID NOT SEEM ALL THAT INTERESTED RICHARD IS 5 YRS YOUNGER THAN I.
.THE NEXT DAY WE WENT TO WHERE MY SISTER ETHEL HAD BEEN STAYING I REMEEMBER HER SWINGING ON A BOARD HELD BY TWO ROPES DANGLING HER FEET IN THE DIRT PATH UNDER THE SWING. WE WERE ON A GRASSY KNOLL AND ETHEL WAS STARING BLANKLY AT A SMALL POND. WHEN SHE SAW US SHE JUMPED OFF THE SWING AND STARTED RUNNING TOWARD ARLENE AND MYSELF WE WERE HAPPY TO BE TOGETHER AGAN.
"DAVIS GET MOVING" IT WAS LT SO WE STARTED OUT ON A FORCE MARCH TO BREAK THROUGH ENEMY LINES AND ASSIST CHARLIE COMPANY. YOU COULD HEAR FIREFIGHTS THROUGH OUT THE VALLEY. IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYONE EXCEPT US WAS GETTING HIT. AND HIT HARD. ALL 21 OF US WERE GOING TO PULL OUT A WHOLE COMPANY FROM OVERWHWLMING ODDS. WE PAST A GRASS HOOCH WITH THREE CHILDREN AND TWO OLDER WOMEN.THE CHILDREN WANTED SOMEJOHN WAYNE BARS WE GAVE THEM WHAT WE HAD.WHERE VC WE ASKED "NO VC"THEY RESPONDED. "YOU VC" WE ASKED THE OLDER WOMEN. "NO VC NO VC" I SOMETIMES WOULD WONDER WHY THSES PEOPLE WOULD NOT OCCUPY THE VILLAS BUILT BY THE FRENCH. IT SEEMED THEY PREFER TO STAY IN GRASS HOOTCHES AND ALOW THE JUNGLE TO TAKE BACK THE FRENCH PLANTATIONS.
WE WENT ABOUT 2 CLICKS. FLYNN MY SLAK MAN POINTED TO A NUMBER OF TRACKS IN THE SOFT DIRT AND TRAMPLED JUNGLE GRASS. HEY LT TOO MANY TRACKS "LETS PREP THE TREE LINE" NO KEEP MOVING WAS HIS REPLY. THATS WHEN IT REALLY STARTED' I COULD FEEL FEAR. MY HAIR RISING LIKE A DOGS.ON THE BACK OF MY NECK. STEP BY AGONIZIING STEP I COULD FEEL DEATH WAITING THAN ABOUT 5 METERS BEFORE THE TREE LINE SUDDENLY A METALIC CLICK THE SOUND OF A MISFIRE. FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF METAL GRINDING. A ROUND CHAMBERING. THE ANIMALISTIC GUTTERAL FEARFUL SOUNDS AND CRIES "AMBUSH" RISING FROM MY INNER SELF.ALL THE TRAINING I COULD MUSTER UP CAME TO ME IN AN INSTANT BURST OF THREE TO FIVE DROP LOW KEEP THE PRESSURE ON THEM THAN BAM I'VE BEEN HIT ALL I COULD THINK OF WAS GETTING EVEN THE ROUND HAD GRAZZED MY FORE HEAD. FELT LIKE A MOSQUITO BITE. THAN WHAM THE SECOND ROUND HIT MY HEAD THIS HURT MORE THAN ANY HURT I EVER FELT. (I TELL MY WIFE NANCY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHILDBIRTH AND BEING HIT IS CHILDBIRTH LAST LONGER AND NO CHANCE OF DYING. [THE DR THAT DE,IVERD MY SON SAID SHE WAS THE LOUDEST SCRENER IN A MONTH]) MY WHOLE BODY HAD THE TREMORS MUCH LLIKE THOSE JUMPING BEANS WE USED AS KIDS IN KEY WEST FL. YOU WOULD RUB THEM ON CEMENT THE BEAN WOULD GET REAL HOT AND SET THEM ON THE CONCRETE THEY WOULD START BOUNCING AIMLESSLY. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FIRST ENEMY WE KILLED. I WAS GOING INTO SHOCK AND ALMOST GAVE UP. AT THAT MOMENT THOUGHTS TURN AWAY FROM GETTING EVEN TO SURVIVING. BRINGING MYSELF OUT OF SHOCK WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT I HAD TO FORCE MY SELF TO MOVE TO THINK I CAN MAKE IT. WITHOUT THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE DIED OF SHOCK WITHOUT EFFORT AND THE WILL TO SURVIVE I WOULD HAVE DIED OF SHOCK.I HAD TO GET MYSELF OUT. I WAS NOT SAVED FROM CANCER OR SPENDIN A NIGHT ALONE IN THE WOODS WHEN I WAS 5 TO DIE IN THIS RICE PADDY. I DEVLOPED LOSER ATTITUDES DURING MY TEEN YRS. BUT I WAS A BORN WINNER AND SHOCK WAS NOT GOING TO K...Expand for more
EEP ME DOWN. I PROPELLED MYSELF BACKWARDS ALWAYS KEEEPING THE STEEL POT TOWARD THE SOUNDS AND POSITION I THOUGHT THE NVA WERE. THE PLATOON BROKE LEFT WHEN THE AMBUSH STARTED BUT I WAS MOVING RIGHT. I FOUND MYSELF ALONE IN THE COVERING JUNGLE WHERE I HEARD THE SOUNDS OF THE NVA BREAKING OFF CONTACT. THE JUNGLE WAS ALIVE WITH MOVEMENT GOING IN THE DIRECTION WE HAD COME FROM I PULLED A HAND FRAG THREW IT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SOUND AND QUICKLY CRAWLING ON HANDS AND KNEES. TOWARD OUR PLATOONS POSITION. ALL THE TIME SCREAMING DONT SHOOT ITS ME I AM COMING IN. WHEN INSIDE OUR PARIMETER I REPORTED TO LT WHAT I THOUGHT ALTHOUGH I DO NOT THINK HE REALLY LISTEN. LT WANTED VOLUTEERS TO GO GET DOUG FROM THE FRONT I SAID I WOULD DO IT HE SAID NO YOU,VE BEEN HIT. BUT I KNEW THE AMBUSH WAS OVER I HAD HEARD THEM MOVING WEST TOWARD LZ SIERRA AND THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. WHILE STTING INSIDE THE PERIMETER WITH THE OTHER WALKING WOUDED FLYNN ASKED HOWS MY CHEEK HE HAD A SMALL HOLE IN IT FROM SCHRAPNEL. I SAID ITS NOTHING . I THAN ASKED HOWS MY HEAD HE REPLIED"JESUS CHRIST HALF YOUR HEAD IS MISSING" HEY DONT BE TELLING ME THAT IST IT. HE STARED TO LAUGH. THATS WHEN I KNEW HE WAS LYING AND THE HOLE I FELT WAS JUST THAT A SMALL HOLE. WE WERE MEDIVAC TO LZ BALDY WHERE DOUG DIED ON THE MEDIVAC BUT THESE GUYS WERE REALLY GOOD THEY BROUGHT HIM BACK WHILE I WATCHED HUDDLED IN A CORNER OUT OF THE WAY. HE DIED AGAIN AT LZ BALDY BUT AGAIN WAS BROUGHT BACK . LATER AFTER TALKING TO DOCTORS ASKING ME WHAT HAPPENED I WAS TRANSFERED TO DA NANG HOSPITAL.WHEN I ARRIVED I SAW THEM COVERING UP DOUG FOR THE LAST TIME. PUSH HIS LAST GURNY RIDE PAST ME AS I WAS WALKING IN. I FELT SO MUCH LIKE CRYING BUT I WAS TOO NUMB OR HAPPY I MADE IT OUT ALIVE TO CRY. THE TEARS HAVE FLOWED VISIBLY DOWN MY CHEEKS, LIKE A WEEPING BEAGLE PUPPPY, FOR DOUG EVERYTIME I THINK OF AUGUST 18 1969 AND DOUG DYING FOR NOTHING.
WHEN IT WAS OVER WE HAD 2 DEAD 6 WOUNDED ONE HEAT STROKE AND TWELVE WAKING SCARS . I USE TO BLAME LT FOR NOT PREPPING THE TREE LINE BUT BECAUSE EVERYTHING NOW IS DONE BY CHAIN OF COMMAND AND NOT BY THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND I NO LONGER HOLD LT RESPONSIBLE BUT THE HIGH ARCHY THAT WILL NOT RELEASE POWER TO THOSE THEY TRAINED FOR THESE LOWER POSITIONS. I AM SO AFRAID THAT THEY ARE DOING THE SAME TO ALL THESE WONDERFUL YOUNG AMERICANS AGAIN TODAY. TELL THEM TO GO FIGHT BUT WHEN THEY FIGHT THEY THAN PUT THEM ON TRIAL.WHAT A CROCK.
WE HAD WON THE WAR IN 1968 DURING TET.. GENERAL GEE (THE NORTH VIETNAMEESE HEAD HONCHO DURING THE VN WAR) HAD SAID AS MUCH. BUT THE NORTH HUNG ON BECAUSE OF AMERICAN UNREST FOSTERED BY THE LEFT (DEMOCRATS) CURIOUS HOW THE DEMOCRATS RHETORIC ACCUSED THE CONSERVATIVES BUT IT WAS KENNEDY THAT INIATED THE FIRST COMBAT TROOPS. YOU SEE DOUG DID NOT HAVE TO DIE THAT DAY. BECAUSE THE WAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN OVER. EXCEPT FOR PEOPLE LIKE THE WEATHERMEN. ECT ECT.ET TU CLINTON.
AFTER MY WOUNDS HAD HEALED THEY SENT ME BACK TO THE 196 TH AND LZ WEST MONSOONS WERE STARTING. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THIS PLACE THAT WAS SO HOT 3 MONTHS AGO COULD BE SO DAMN COLD NOW. THE QUE SON VALLEY WAS ALMOST DAILY COVERED WITH FOG AND LOW FLYING CLOUDS. THERE WOULD APPEAR TO BE A CLOROX CLEANED WHITE BLANKET FLOATING JUST BELOW HILL 442. SOMETIMES WHEN WE WERE IDLE I WOULD DAYDREAM THAT I STEP ON THE CLOUD AND WOULD IMAGIN THAT I WAS ON MAGIC CARPET RIDE BACK TO THE WORLD.. ABOUT A WEEK AFTER MY RETURN TO LZ WEST AND RECON. WE WERE TOLD TO STAND IN FORMATION FOR THE AWARD CEREMONY FOR THE BASE COMMANDER WHEN THEY WERE GIVING HIS MEDALS FOR HEROISM. THEY AWARDED AN AIR MEDAL FOR AUGUST 18TH. BECAUSE HE SUPPOSEDLY DIRECTED HIS PILOT TO FLY OVER THE AMBUSH AND THAN THE DOOR GUNNER WAS DIRECTING THE M.60 TOWARD OUR AMBUSH. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON ALIVE (EXCEPT FOR THE COLONEL) THAT KNEW IT WAS OVER BEFORE HIS CHARLIE CHARLIE EVER GOT INTO THE MIX, I WAS SO DISGUSTED BY THESE IMAGINARY ACTS OF HEROISM I WALKED OUT OF FORMATION.
THE NEXT DAY I WAS TOLD TO GO BACK TO MAC V AND SEE THE I.G.(INSPECTOR GENERAL) I FIGURED I WAS ON MY WAY TO MY SECOND ARTICLE 15. WHEN LOOKING FOR THE IG'S OFFICE I PASSED A GOLD BAR "SARGENT SARGENT STOP AND SALUTE ME" HE WAS TRYING TO CATHCH UP WITH ME. I TURNED MY HEAD BACKWARDS AND HALF SALUTED HIM . STOP HE YELLED WHAT THE HELL FOR I RESPONDED ARE YOU THE IG . I AM GOING TO REPORT YOU HE STATED WHATS YOUR NAME. WELL WHY DONT YOU COME WITH ME TO THE IG AND YOU CAN REPORT ME THERE. I FIGURED I WAS ON MY WAY TO LONG BIEN ANY WAY WHAT THE HELL IS ANOTHER DAY. THE LT WISELY DECIDED HE WOULD DROP THE WHOLE THING AND LEFT SHAKING HIS HEAD MUMBLING WHATS WRONG WITH THESE BOYS AND NO RESPECT. I SIMPLY ASK HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? WHEN YOU DO THAN YOU WILL GET MY RESPECT. IN THE IG'S OFFICE I DISCOVERED THAT MY GRAND MOTHER HAD INITIATED A CONGRESSIONAL THEY WERE NOT GOING TO LET ME BACK WITH RECON. WILL YOU ALLOW ME TO DO 4 DEUCE. YES HE REPLIED.WHERE I SPENT THE NEXT 5 MONTHS
WHEN I CAME HOME I WAS EMPLOYED BY HEW. OUR GOVERMENT AT ITS BEST.I WAS A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE INVESTIGATOR. I LIKE THIS JOB.THERE WERE THREE RESUTS THEY GRADED US ON. CONTACT INDEX I WAS NUBER ONE IN LA COUNTY. BROUGHT TO TREAMENT NUMBER 1 AND ABLE TO LOCATE NUMBER 3 . YET WITH THESE FOR MY RECORDS I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR AND DISTINCTION OF BEING FIRED TWICE. BAD ATTITUDE THEY SAID.
AFTER HEW I SOLD REAL ESTATE, WORKED AS STARTERS AT GOLF COURSES, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, DATA PROCESSING, TEAMSTERS, ALMOST ALWAYS RISING TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF GRUNT BEFORE BEING ASK TO RESIGN. IN FACT ONE EMPLOYER FIRED ME MORE TIMES THAN BILLY MARTIN WAS FIRED FROM THE YANKEES.
WHEN I LEFT THE TEAMSTERS ( I LIKE TO SAY DELTA HAD TO GO BANKRUPT TO GET RID OF ME.) FORTUNATLY I KEPT MY LAST POSITION THROUGH 4 OWNERS AND 6 SUPERORDINATES ( ALWAYS THINKING THEY KNEW BETTER THAN I.)DURING THIS TIME I SAVED A LITTLE ,MADE MONEY GAMBLING AND MADE A LITTLE IN THE MARKET.TH
SHORTLY BEFORE MY SON WAS BORN I DEVELOPED THE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND RETIRED 2 YRS LATER. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE MANAGED TO ACQUIRE 5 OTHER CONDITIONS PERIPHAEL NODULES ( A SKIN CONDITION ),PERIPHAEL NEUROPAPATHY. THE ONSET OF ADVANCED MACULAR DEGENERATION ( FORTUNATELY IT WAS FOUND SOON ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN STALLED WITH MEDICATION.).((I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY LUCKY.)) AND PARKINSENS (( DEEMED TO BE CAUSED BY THE AGENT ORANGE)). THE ONLY CONDITION THAT IS THOUGHT TO BE AGENT ORANGE BY THE V. A. ALTHOGH I HAVE HAD A NUMBER PHYSICIANS SAY "WE DONOT KNOW HOW BAD THIS STUFF REALLY IS"I DO NOT LIST THESE THINGS FOR PITY OR TEARS. IT SIMPLY IS WHAT IT IS BESIDES NONE ARE GOING TO KILL ME TODAY OR TOMMORROW.TODAY I LIVE WITH PAIN BUT IT AINT GOIN TO KEEP ME DOWN. IN FACT I AM PLANNING TO TAKE THE 101 OUT OF TOWN WITH THE AUDIO SCREMING " THE HEAD NURSE SPOKE UP AND SAID LEAVE THIS ONE ALONE SHE COULD TELL RIGHT AWAY I WAS BAD TO THE BONE" FOLLOWED BY "I HAVE A LONG LIST OF REAL GOOD REASONS FOR ALL THE THINGS IVE DONE.
ALL MY FINGERS EXCEPT FOR MY RIGHT THUMB AND ALL MY TOES EXCEPT FOR MY LEFT BIG TOE ARE NOW DEFORMED. I HAVE HAD SOME LIBERAL FRIENDS THAT TRULY BEGRUGE ME COLLECTING S S DISABILITY THESE "FRIENDS" HAVE SAID " WHAT DID YOU DO TO EARN IT" AND "YOU ARE NOT IN A WHEELCHAIR." BECAUSE I REFUSE TO ROLL OVER OR "HOW CAN SOMEONE THAT IS DISABLED OWN TWO HOMES AND LOTS ON A GOLF COURSE" AND ONE EX LADY FRIEND HAS SAID "THERS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU." IT IS SO ASTOUNDING TO ME THAT THOSE YOU ONCE CALLED FRIEND RESPONDED TO THE FREEDOM OF SS DISABILTY WITH AS MUCH HOSTILLITY. GO FIGURE . I AM ALMOST CETTAIN I WOULD BE COMPLETELY PLEASED THAT THEY HAD ENOUGH TO SURVIVE WERE THE CONDITIONS REVERSED..
WHEN I WAS 37 DELTA TRUCKING WENT BANKRUPT AND I HAD SAVED ABOUT 30,000. SO I CALLED MY DAD THE GOLF PRO AND SAID I WAS THINKING ABOUT COMING OUT TO TEXAS FOR A WHILE. HIS REAPONSR" I DONT KNOW WHAT FOR YOU COULD NOT BEAT ME AS A KID WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN BEAT ME NOW"SOMETHING DEEP IN SIDE STARTED ME ON A 4 YR JOURNEY. 2 YRS LATER AFTER LEARNING HOW TO STRIKE A GOLF BALL. AND THAN LEARNING HOW TO SCORE. AND LEARNING HOW TO PUT A DOLLAR ON THE GAME. YOU SEE EVRYTHING CHANGES WITH PRESSURE.SCORING IS PRESSURE OVER DRIVING RANGE PLAYING FOR YOUR DOLLAR IS PRESSURE OVER SCORING PLAYING FOR YOUR HUNDRED IS PRESSURE OVER PLAYING FOR A DOLLAR. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT I TRULY FOUND ME. I FOUND OUT I AM ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS. I LIKE ME. I LIKE THE WAY I THINK I LIKE HOW I HAVE HELPED MY SON GROW. ESSENTIALLY I LIKE THE MAN I MADE MYSELF BECOME. I BELIEVE ALL MEN CAN BE WHAT THEY WANT TO BE. THAT IS WHAT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS GAVE TO EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN. IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF THERE WERE NO DESPOTS LEFT NO ONE THAT WANTS TO RULE OVER OTHERS. THAT OUR LEADRES WOULD BE A FRIEND TO ALL NOT JUST THEMSELVES.
I AM SOMETIMES SORRY MY SON LIKES TEAM SPORTS BETTER THAN GOLF. HE WON FIST PLACE IN HIS ONLY 2 EVENTS HE PLAYED BY HIMSELF' ONE WAS THE PALMDALE SKILLS CHALLENGE AT AGE 6 HE WON HIS AGE GROUP 6-9 BUT ALSO HE RECIEVED THE ALL ARROUND THAT YEAR WHICH HAD 6-16 YRS OLD CHILDREN.THE FOLOWING YR HE WON THE CHILDRENS SUMMER LESSONS EVENT AT THE LOCAL COUNTRY CLUB SOME USE TO SAY ANOTHER TIGER WOODS WHEN THEY SAW HIM HIT BALLS. I WOULD ALWAYS REPLY NO ANOTHER WAYNE DAVIS.I HAVE LEARNED MANY THINGS FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE. I USUALLY BY WATCHING AND STUDYING HOW THEY DID THINGS I MENTIONED MY DAD TAUGHT ME LOVE OF COUNTRY.ART A FRIEND ONCE TAUGHT ME HOW TO KEEP ONE EYE ON MY BABY AND YOUNG SON . THERFORE I NEVR HAD TO YELL AT HIM FOR KNOCKING OVER COFFEE ECT. I WAS ALWAYS AHEAD OF HIS MOVEMENTS. MIKE HILL TAUGHT ME HOW TO ORGANIZIE LITTLE DAILY TASK AND HOW NOT TO CARE ONLY ABOUT SELF AS .HE WAS VERY SELF CENTERED. CANDYS DAD I HOPE TAUGHT ME HOW TO CARE FOR MY SON AS HE APPROACHES HIS TEEN YEARS. CANDY TAUGHT ME IF YOU ARE GOING TO START SOMETHING NEW BE AWARE IF IT IS A 4 WAY OR 2 WAY STOP LIGHT.MY SON AND MY WIFE HAVE TAUGHT HOW TO LOVE AND THAT LOVE IS POSSIBLE AND DOUGS DEATH TAUGHT ME EMPATHY FOR OTHERS. HOPE Y'ALL HAVE AS GOOD LIFE AS I
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