Mike Slade:  

I AM A FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER LIVING IN ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA WHICH IS TWENTY MILES SOUTH OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. I GRADUATED FROM LANIER IN 66. I DID HIGH SCHOOL ON THE FOUR YEAR PLAN. WAS ON THE ROTC RIFLE TEAM AT LANIER AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA. I ALSO SHOT ON THE POST RIFLE TEAM WHILE I WAS IN THE ARMY AT FT DEVENS. VIETNAN WAS GOING ON SO I WASN'T IN A BIG HURRY TO GO ANY WHERE. I HAD ALSO STARTED DATING PHYLLIS CRUISE. SHE HELP MAKE MY LAST YEAR AT LANIER THE BEST EVER. WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA IN FLORENCE ALABAMA. MADE THE ROTC VARSITY RIFLE TEAM AS A FRESHMAN. MET MY FIRST WIFE THERE. GOT TIRED OF SCHOOL AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS, ENLISTED IN 68 AND DID THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN THE ARMY AND WENT TO VIETNAM ANYWAY. DID A TOUR IN THAILAND ALSO. I WAS STATIONED AT THE 7TH RADIO RESEARCH FIELD STATION, IT WAS THE LARGEST INTELLIGENCE BASE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AT THE TIME. I GOT TO WORK WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES INCLUDING THE CIA. I LEARNED PHOTOGRAPHY WHILE I WAS THERE. SPENT MY STATE SIDE DUTY AT FT DEVENS, MASS. MY DUTY WAS AT THE TRAINING CENTER AND SCHOOL FOR THE US ARMY SECURITY AGENCY. WAS ON THE AGENCY RIFLE TEAM AND THE FORT DEVENS POST RIFLE TEAM. BEING ON THE RIFLE TEAMS GOT ME OUT OF A LOT OF DUTY BUT I NEVER MADE ANY RANK. GOT OUT AS A SPECIALIST 4TH CLASS AFTER THREE AND A HALF YEARS. WISH I HAD STAYED IN. THE INTELLIGENCE FIELD BACK IN THOSE DAYS WAS VERY INTERESTING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. I RAN ACROSS A LOT OF INTERESTING PEOPLE AND SITUATIONS. I WENT BACK TO NORTH ALABAMA AGAIN AFTER I CAME BACK FROM THE ARMY. MY FIRST...Expand for more