Michael Vice

I WENT INTO THE SERVICE THE SAME TIME AS JOHN GRABER AND VICTOR BADWAY. ALL OF US WERE SENT TO VIETNAM. BOTH JOHN AND VICTOR WERE KILLED IN ACTION. I WAS SHOT SIX TIMES AND WAS LEFT SIXTY PERCENT DISABLED AT THE AGE OF BARLEY EIGHTEEN. I SERVED IN SOUTH VIETNAM WITH COMPANY C 1ST BN. 18TH INF. 1ST INF. DIV. (THE BIG RED ONE). I WAS IN THE JUNGLE FOR SEVEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-TWO DAYS BEFORE I WAS WOUNDED. I GRADUATED FROM BUTLER COLLEGE IN 1978, AND AGAIN FROM FRIENDS UNIVERSITY IN 1997. I RECEIVED FROM BUTLER COLLEGE AN A.A. DEGREE IN GENERAL STUDIES, AND FRIENDS WITH A B.S. DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

I SPENT MOST OF MY TIME GETTING KICKED OUT. THE PRINCIPAL TOLD ME ONE DAY, THAT THE DROP- OUTS DIDN'T BOTHER HIM NEAR AS BAD AS THE DROP-IN'S LIKE ME!

I HAVE SPENT TWENTY-THREE YEARS AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITH THE WICHITA POLICE DEPARTMENT, SEDGWICK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND SEVERAL OTHER DEPARTMENTS. I STARTED IN 1972 AND RETIRED IN 1995. I SPENT ANOTHER TEN YEARS WITH SEDGWICK COUNTY COM CARE AS A CASE MANAGER WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND RETIRED IN 2006.