David Barrett:  

After high school I went to U T for 2 years until I ran out of money. Oh, I played drums in the UT band. In 1966 I joined the Navy (ours). I survived really tough Vietnam Era duty of tours in Bermuda and then London. I played tympani (kettle drums) in a concert of the Bermuda symphony orchestra and in 1966 I married an English gal (Clare) while stationed in London. Loaded with fresh money (a wife that worked and the VA's education award) I finished at U T. I joined the Veterans Administration in NC in 1970. After some promotions there and in Washington D C I was sent to Alaska as the Director. I was appointed as Director of the Boise. Idaho VA Regionao Office and then the Lincoln, Nebr...Expand for more