In 1972, Dave Curry saw me being interviewed on a morning television show during the Republican National Convention in Miami, inviting veterans to join Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) in protesting the convention. Dave had just gotten out of the service. He hitchhiked from Appalachia down to Miami to join in the action, and from then on, was a part of VVAW.
Dave came from a poor working class mining family. His family often stayed in abandoned homes while he was growing up and his father was looking for work. He was the first person in his family to graduate from college. He joined ROTC when he went to college to pay for his education. The first shirt he ever had that didn't have a hole in it was bought by his ROTC sergeant at Ole Miss. ROTC not only paid for his education, but he received a stipend, military clothes, and came into the service as an officer. He went to school and got his Master's degree.... Read More
