My first experience with the US Secret Service was on a weekend in April, 1961, Nashville, Tennessee. Me and a fellow soldier in the 101st Airborne from Ft. Campbell, KY, were in town spending our tax refund checks…a windfall back then. We were 18.
After checking into a Holiday Inn with a bottle of Ten High bourbon whiskey, a pint of Sloe Gin and a rent-a-girl, we soon discovered a raging party on the floor above us. more…


