Mr. Smith a veteran of the United States Marines, was sent to Parris Island North Carolina, in platoon 120, for basic training. It was demanding, there was suicide, nervous breakdown, and death by accident. He graduate and was sent to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina to be trained as a cook, then transferred to Camp Geiger a few miles North of camp Lejeune. Mr. Smith requested to go to Okinawa Japan, he served there for about a year, then transferred to South Korea for team spirit 78 cold-weather training. He remained in Korea until his separation as a Corporal, with a meritorious promotion, and a few ribbons. Next, he joined the National Maritime Union of America, then the Military Sealift Command in Bayonne New Jersey, with a Mandatory entry-level as a pot washer, and worked his way to chief cook in a few years. Then returned to N.M.U. as a Cook and baker, then back to chief cook. His team carried ammunition and oil in support of the first gulf war. Mr. Smith a father of three, is concerned about global warming, the use of nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare, as threats to the destruction of the world. His favorite passions are music and writing, and his concern is, will there be enough ink in his pen? He regrets that he found his pen in the evening of his life, now Mr. Smith spends his time as president and contributing writer of an exciting magazine called The Veteran Voices Newsletter, but it is more than a magazine, Veteran Voices Newsletter supports the community with free magazines, meals, and referrals to resources needed in his community, the Bronx.
