Mary Dixon:  

HI, I GRADUATED IN 1978 AND WENT TO HENRY FORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND MAJORED IN MUSIC AND THEATER. TRYING TO MAJOR WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME SO I THEN DECIDED TO TAKE AN ARMY TEST AND SAW THAT I MADE IT TO BECOME A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS SOLDIER AND WENT TO FORT JACKSON AND GRADUATED HIGHLY IN MY MO WHICH IS WHAT I WAS TO DO LEARN ABOUT PUTTING FOLDERS TOGETHER WHAT THEY CALL 201 FILES, I GRADUATED AS DISTINGUISHED HONOR GRADUATE THE TOP OF MY CLASS. IN BASIC I LEARNED ABOUT THE WEAPON M-16 AND SHOT AS A SHARP SHOOTER. I WAS VERY PROUD OF MYSELF AND MET MY FIRST HUSBAND TO BE MR. TIM DIXON. NOW AT THIS TIME I DIVORCED HIM SINCE HE COMES TO BE AN ADDICT WITH NOT JUST ALCOHOLISM BUT DRUGS TOO. I ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND FOUND OUT LATER AFTER HAVING SINCE 1986 WHEN I MARRIED TIM AND NOW I KNOW I COULD COLLECT ARMY PENSION SINCE I HAD IT BACK THEN/BECAUSE I WAS IN THE ARMY RESERVES FROM 1983-1989. SO I COLLECT PENSION THROUGH THE ARMY SINCE I HAD SYMPTOMS OF MS DURING TIME SERVED. I GAVE BIRTH TO A SO...Expand for more