Jimmy Smith:  

After graduation I joined the Air Force. With the draft going on and Vietnam conflict esculating I preferred not to be in the Army. My draft papers arrived just two days after I was sworn into the Air Force. I was married in January of 1967 to Sara Katherine (Shuler) Smith in Tacoma, Washington. One year after we were married I was sent to Vietnam where my planning paid off. I was stationed at an army airfield and did not have to live in the jungles among the enemy as some of our brave men in defense of our freedom. I was proud to serve and even more proud of the many who paid the ultimate price. Sara and I lived in Tacoma, WA; Fairborn, OH, Anchorage, AK and Dayton, OH. We had two stillborn children. Sara was born with a heart condition wan was told by the doctors she would live to be 25 years old if she were lucky. Sara passed away on May 2, 2005 and was 58 and a half years old. We were bledded with 38 and a half wonderful years of marriage. After 8 years in the Air Force I began w...Expand for more