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i live in paradis - i have been fortuitous - any classmate riding by 35Legare is welcome to stop knock enter & have a drink - i answer my cell from family otherwise i am an email person -
wVdavidsonCHSsc@gmail.com
i entered NCSU fall 1964 - i immediately discovered fraternity life & girls from meredith st marys & drinking & partying joining a fraternity and moving into the fraternity house - by may 1965 i had flunked out - i wandered till nov 1965 i entered USarmy as an E1 private basic training ft jackson SC - apparently i scored hi on the army's entrance papers & was recruited to go to OCS after being interviewed by 3 officers - VN was burning 2dLTs - wow then i thought here i was a 19y flunkie & going to infantry OCS to be commissioned a 2dLT when i just turned 20y - i was lucky - i was commissioned an infantry 2dLT nov 1966 - i had a red austin healey and drove the southern route across america thru texas NM AZ into san diego CA up the pacific coast line to big sur carmel monetery ft ord CA - i lived big sur near esalen nepenthe with hippies pot - i spent long weekends in sausalito & SF haight-asbury district - i was in heaven with hippies / women / smart folks - in early june 1967 i was airborne across the big pnd pacific heading to VN 101st airborne infantry platoon leader - when airborne we were told that israel had attacked the arabs premptively - when i was dropped off in a jungle resupply, as i got off the chopper i replaced a platoon leader who handed me his car15 and said good luck amigo - airborne - i was a abn plt leader till nov-dec when recruited by 5th special forces - a new unit called E Co LRP 20th INF abn was toperform special operations - the first plat leader was killed & i was to replace - our unit was all triple volunteers - we were the army's elite combat abirborne ranger special forces - in ocs, when commisisoned every new officer executes a wish list - 3 selections for a duty station after ocs - i knew all INF officers would be sent to VN thus i made the decision to make the leap knowing i would not be sent immediately - i asked FIRST to be sent to VN w/ 101st ABN b/c they were considered the best & i wanted to be with the best - SECOND i asked for ft ord [big sur carmel monterey] - again, i was lucky - i recall checking into ft ord CA having lost my military ID so i had another made with my birthday 1945 b/c 21y was the drinking age & i was a fresh 20y old - i enjoyed my CA hippies and was there in may 1967 rgw 1st monterey jazz festival w/ jimmie hendrix - when i returned from VN i went to chicago to see some SF pals and we were in the street when mayor daley released his goons - i will never forget the 1968 chicago democratic convention - it was brutal - welcome back !!
while in VN, i sent a postcard to UNC admissions, chapel hill - i recall in nov when released from military, i took a road trip to chapel hill, located the admission's office and went inside asking to meet with the director - some how i got him & we spoke and he told me he was ex USMC - he said i could start jan 1969 but i had to start w/ the NCSU .5 GPA - using the gi bill 1969-1971 w/ a 3.3gpa finishing under grad in 2 yrs -started unc MBA 1972-1974 picking up all the accuinting courses in the 2 summer school sessions passing CPA exam - graduating unc mba w/ cpa i was recruited by all BIG8 - when i knew i was VN bound, i chose the most elite - my lowest offer was aa&co but aa&co were special forces abn rgrs LRPs - the smartest men i have ever been aorund collectively - in 1974 i helped open the greensboro NC aa& co office - i 1977 i was selected to assist opening the columbia SC aa&co office -i met my wife salley thatcher barton in cola - salley's mother was a charlestonian who married salley's nyc father - salley was a border at ashley hall, chas, where her mom & aunt attended - salley went to converse, uscalifornia & usc w/ graduate degrees and is a practicing professional audiologist with charlestonENT.com -
Sally Vaughan retired with both sons in the neighborhood - life is good -
