Douglas Wyman:  

Life I was born in Seattle WA, USA November 15, 1942 at 1:30 A.M. appx. during a WWII blackout. The birth announcement was absent from all papers except The Seattle Star. When I was born, I had 3 siblings, 2 brothers and a sister, 14, 10 and 8 years old respectively. I entered kindergarten at 4 years old, 1947 in North Queen Anne School. The first eight grades of my schooling alternated between NQA school and Seattle Jr. Academy. Grades 1,2, 4(1/2), 5 and 8 were at SJA and 3,4(1/2),6 and 7 at NQA. I attended 9th grade at Walla Walla College Academy in College Place WA. My highschool years 10, 11 and 12 were at Queen Anne Sr. HI. resulting in a diploma. My early childhood residence was in a large house on North Queen Anne. In 1954/55 when, after looking at many live-aboard vessels, mom, dad and I moved into the Cornelius Hotel. This was a transient hotel in downtown Seattle. My dad had helped write the first FCC licensing test and taught me electronics at a young age. My parents were fans of Science Fiction. My dad had worked in radio and electronics since the 20s and was a member of the Astronomical society and the National Spieleological society (among others) so my recreation with my dad tended to be academic In 1961, I joined the Army, and after making rather high scores on the aptitude tests, I was transferred to the Army Security Agency, then a branch of NSA. After training, I was assigned to Okinawa. There I got my first chance to play with computers on an IBM 1401. The computer priesthood frowned on my independent nature and I could never show enough of the "respect" they felt due, so I focused on telecommunications electronics. In 1963, I was transferred to Thailand. Late in 1963, I was asked to volunteer for a special language school in Wash. D.C. I left Thailand to study Vietnamese at Fort Mead. I never realized I was gay till I was on Okinawa, the...Expand for more