Danny Gilmer:  

in Vietnam from May 67 to May of 68. Was assigned to the 41st Signal Bn. at Qui Nhon. Repaired telephone and switchboards. Got to travel some in country to repair or inspect equipment.Had a lot of support from relatives ,friends and neighbors back home. Central class of 68 sent me a Christmas package. Found out years later that my wife Vicky had helped her older brother, a Centralite, put those packages together. Discharged from Ft. Hood Sept. 68. Met Vicky Smith from Bethel Grove neighborhood when my dad and I were at the Krystal on Lamar.She was 17 and I was 20. Her Krystal uniform was about three sizes too big for her but her bright blue eyes really caught my attention and I started going to the Krystal several times a week. I ordered 3 krystals,a fry , chile and coke every time. I still like those little Krystal burgers but they don't taste quite as good as when Vicky made them. I finally asked Vicky out in Nov 68 and we married in April of 70. Had two beautiful children ,a girl Regenia and a boy Daniel. We also have a beautiful grandughter Lindsey age 9. Vicky and I have been married for 40 years. Spent eleven years with Memphis Airport Police Dept , seven of those years as a Sgt. When I first started working at the airport, there wern't any checkpoints or screenings like there are today. Family, friends, etc. could still go to gate to meet or see passengers off. Before I left in 82 there were checkpoints at all concourses and only passengers were allowed to go to the gate. Had many exciting times while working there and got to meet several celebrities including Elvis, George Wallace, Billy Graham, Danny Thomas,Buford Pusser etc . Worked in medical sales for 28 years selling orthopedic and otology products. Companies I was a rep for included Smith Medical-Dist for Richards Medical, AOA-EBI,General Orthopedics-Dist. for Biomet. Was a distributor for Treace Medical a small but innovative otology company that had it's office in Memphis, my territory was TX and OK. I usually had some great bosses that I worked for and for the most part I enjoyed being in sales. For the last ten years of my sales career,my territory was San Antonio and the surrounding area. With all the driving I had to do over the years I was really grateful for talk radio and Rush. My ambition had been to be a cowboy and a policeman. Well I was an airport cop and I did move to Texas. Favorite color is red. Have always loved red cars since i had a little red wagon. Enjoy hiking,chess,going to Schlitterbahn,playing Rook, horseback riding, traveling and going to civil war battlefields. Love Christmastime and Thanksgiving Our (Vicky & my) favorite song is Unchained Melody, other songs I really like are Let's Live for Today by the Grass Roots,Stormy Weather and Ding-a-Ling By(Centralites) Tommy Burk and the Counts,Hungry, Happy Together,Two Faces Have I,Walk Don't Run 64, Pipeline and a song I really would love to hear at football games again "Dixie". Vicky and I like to dance to Rock and Roll,and Country and Western two-step. My favorite movie is Gone With The Wind, others are Song Of The South, It's A Wonderful Life,the old 50s War Of The World movie,the old Godzilla movie,Star Wars and Jurassic Park. My most favorite tv program was The Amos n Andy Show, others include The Rifleman, Leave It to Beaver,I Love Lucy, Andy Griffin Show, Bonanza ,the Gray Ghost , Donna Reed Show and Father Knows Best etc.