William Bailey:  

Life After graduating from HS at Clifton, NJ, I attended college at Chadron State College, in Chadron, NE for three years. I became bored with college life and joined the Army in 1975. I did 3 years as a 19D (Cavalry Scout) in the 1st Infantry Division at Ft Riley, KS. In 1978 I got out of the Army and returned to college at the University of South Carolina. In 1979 my wanderlust began again and I left school without a degree and began to drift north, acting in plays at regional theatre companies and dinner theatres. I finally finished my BA in Theatre Arts in 1980 at SUNY in Albany. I started graduate school at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln after that, but ran out of money. In 1981 I rejoined the US Army and attended Officer Candidate School at Ft Benning. I was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry and in 1982, after attending Airborne and Ranger Schools, I was sent to my first assignment as an officer in the 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, HI. I returned from Hawaii in 1985 as a Captain and after attending the Infantry Officer Advanced Course and Pathfinder Schools at Ft Benning, I completed the Special Forces Qualification Course at Ft Bragg, and was awarded the coveted Green Ber...Expand for more