I didn't really know Don at MHS as he was 4 years older than me. I think my brother Ron Byrd may have played football with him and I recall his father had an interest in the shoe store Dunbar and Osborne on the northeast corner of Main (at that time);and B Street. I became acquainted with Don when were were in the same Army basic training unit at Fort Bliss TX in July 1954. Don had completed 4 years at the University of Nebr and was drafted for a 2 year Army hitch. While we were there, another MHS grad, Glen Hummels '44, somehow found out we were there in training. He was career Army and had the rank of Warrant Officer. He obtained permission for Don and I to be released for an evening and took us to his house for dinner. After basic we each went on to another training assignment and I lost track of him.
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Terry G. Byrd (1954)
I didn't really know Don at MHS as he was 4 years older than me. I think my brother Ron Byrd may have played football with him and I recall his father had an interest in the shoe store Dunbar and Osborne on the northeast corner of Main (at that time);and B Street. I became acquainted with Don when were were in the same Army basic training unit at Fort Bliss TX in July 1954. Don had completed 4 years at the University of Nebr and was drafted for a 2 year Army hitch. While we were there, another MHS grad, Glen Hummels '44, somehow found out we were there in training. He was career Army and had the rank of Warrant Officer. He obtained permission for Don and I to be released for an evening and took us to his house for dinner. After basic we each went on to another training assignment and I lost track of him.