Ted Doty:  

After graduation, I attended a semester at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. I excelled in everything except academics. Upon return to Phoenix, four friends and I who were in Jr. Reserve Officers Training Corps together, at SMHS, decided to join the US Army. Upon completion of Basic Training at Ft. Ord, located in sunny Monterey, CA, three of us stayed there for Indirect Fire Mechanized Infantry training (Mortars mounted in Armored Personnel Carriers), and the others left for Infantry training. A few weeks later I was assigned to attend the Drill Sergeant Academy. Following graduation, I trained troops for a few months before being informed that the Brigade Commander selected me for special training at Ft. Knox, KY. I was shocked to find that the special training was Officer Candidate School when I arrived. Six months later I completed training and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the US Army. I was assigned to a training unit at Ft. Knox, KY, where I met and married my first wife, a fellow Officer. A year later she and I both volunteered for service in the Republic of Vietnam. After a year in Vietnam, I was stationed to a tour to duty in Germany, where in 1973 the Army reduced the number of Officer by 26,000 and I was released from Active Duty. We were blessed with one Son. I returned to Muncie, IN and attended Ball State University, and worked as a US Government Civil Servant to a US Amy Reserve Unit. We moved to Louisville, KY in 1976 so I could take an Administers position with the Ohio...Expand for more