David Tucker:  

Due to circumstances beyond my control I was born in west-central Minnesota, where we lived for a few years until my dad decided to join the Army and see the world--the Invasion of the Philippines, anyway. While he was away defending the country and having fun, mom and I lived with her parents in Clinton, Iowa. When dad came home, he decided he didn't want to spend the rest of his life in the "frozen" north so we stayed in Iowa, migrating westward to Boone. We arrived there on my first day of kindergarten and I made it clear through to High School graduation. I went to Graceland College and Iowa State University for a pre-medical degree; then to the University of Iowa to become a Dentist. Made it that far then went home to join my father in his Dental practice. I was going along pretty good with the new Dental practice when suddenly I got this letter that said, "Uncle Sam wants you..." They gave me all of 3 days to pack up & report for duty, which turned out not to be so bad after all. I spent 2 years in Colorado Springs, doing my dentistry there. Back up just a bit--right between Basic Training and Colorado, I married Kathy Sweeney from Madison, Wisconsin. We couldn't have had a much nicer "honeymoon" than 2 years in the mountains at government expense. Of course, they held Viet Nam over us all the time, but it never happened. When my time was up, we moved back to Boone, I resumed my Dental practic...Expand for more