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I never knew my father. He was in Vietnam when I was a baby and he and my mother divorced while he was there. When he returned to the states we had moved far away, Remember there were no computers or cell phone". I spent my whole life dreaming of what it would be like to have a dad. I heard a little here or there about him but that’s all. The last place I had ever heard of him being was Fort Bragg North Caroline. I graduated high school at 17 years old and I joined the 82nd airborne so I could be stationed at Fort Bragg. I fully expected to step off the plane and find my father. That never happened because Ft. Bragg has 300,000 people stationed there. After my 3+ years at Ft. Bragg I met and married a woman that lived in Rockingham North Carolina. I soon lived there and took a job as a soft drink salesman then a beer salesman then wood products salesman. I was now 23 years old. One day a salesman approached me and asked me if I could cover some of his key accounts while he was on vacation. This took me to Augusta Georgia. At one stop a man placed a huge order and I had to get it approved by the purchasing agent. The agent signed the order and as I walked out of his office I looked at the name and it read "Dow William Walker" I froze in my tracks and turned around and looked at the man and said "My father's name was Dow William Walker" He looked at me and said "Is your mother named Betty" Tears started flowing and he jumped from behind his desk and we stood there hugging and crying. When I called my company and explained all of this to them they told me to take a few days off to be with him. We discovered some pretty strange things also. When he got out of the military he went to work for a soft drink company (so did I) He left that and went to work for a beer company (so did I) he left that and went to work for a wood products company (so did I) He lived in Richmond count Georgia I lived in Richmond count North Carolina. His second wife's was raised in New Jersey 3 miles from where my second wife is from. My father and I are extremely close to this day and he will be here (Myrtle Beach) tomorrow to spend the week with me. I love that man. Happy fathers day
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Congrats Dude.
Glad you found your dad.
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WOW...sounds like something out of the Twilight Zone...Glad it all worked out!!!!
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I've got chills!! Oh, Dude, that is so fabulous. This is the kind of thing that brings it home to me that God exists and God loves. I am so happy for you both!!
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 I am so happy for you!!!! It is odd the way life work's out and am so proud for you
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wow....your a good guy....i read something earlier this morning....what you did for, (iam4u) his kids.....very nice. i am not a dad,but today....i salute you bro!
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that is awesome and congrats..
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now that was special!!!!
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wow....your a good guy....i read something earlier this morning....what you did for, (iam4u) his kids.....very nice. i am not a dad,but today....i salute you bro! yeah that was fun and it made there day. Thanks |
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Both stories about you were awesome... your a good man
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WOW DAnny thats a GREAT story man,,,so close in so many areas w/o ANY insight to the others life....
This was a great story for today and im SURE he's as proud of YOU as you are of HIM,,wink...lol
Heck,,,you could make a movie on this,,,,lol My dad never was a real dad and has been gone passed away for over twenty four years ago....BUT,,because he was soooo bad at it..lol I made my life in and with mine,,,funny how someones BAD can make a good huh?,lol have a great day with your dad Danny and HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO YOU BOTH!!!!! 
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Okay, I am balling my eyes out. Man, what are the chances of that happening in life? A million to one, if not more? God sure does work in mysterious ways! I am so happy for you MBD.
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WOW DAnny thats a GREAT story man,,,so close in so many areas w/o ANY insight to the others life....
This was a great story for today and im SURE he's as proud of YOU as you are of HIM,,wink...lol
Heck,,,you could make a movie on this,,,,lol My dad never was a real dad and has been gone passed away for over twenty four years ago....BUT,,because he was soooo bad at it..lol I made my life in and with mine,,,funny how someones BAD can make a good huh?,lol have a great day with your dad Danny and HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO YOU BOTH!!!!!
Thanks Terry and by the way your a pretty cool dad yourself. I shared on here with everyone (I hope you don't mind) what you arranged for your sons while they were in Myrtle Beach on vacation. (I didn't use your last name) |
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Okay, I am balling my eyes out. Man, what are the chances of that happening in life? A million to one, if not more? God sure does work in mysterious ways! I am so happy for you MBD.
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You never cease to amaze me Myrtle. Thanks for that story. Yet again, proof that miracles happen for those who make them possible for others.
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I never knew my father. He was in Vietnam when I was a baby and he and my mother divorced while he was there. When he returned to the states we had moved far away, Remember there were no computers or cell phone". I spent my whole life dreaming of what it would be like to have a dad. I heard a little here or there about him but that’s all. The last place I had ever heard of him being was Fort Bragg North Caroline. I graduated high school at 17 years old and I joined the 82nd airborne so I could be stationed at Fort Bragg. I fully expected to step off the plane and find my father. That never happened because Ft. Bragg has 300,000 people stationed there. After my 3+ years at Ft. Bragg I met and married a woman that lived in Rockingham North Carolina. I soon lived there and took a job as a soft drink salesman then a beer salesman then wood products salesman. I was now 23 years old. One day a salesman approached me and asked me if I could cover some of his key accounts while he was on vacation. This took me to Augusta Georgia. At one stop a man placed a huge order and I had to get it approved by the purchasing agent. The agent signed the order and as I walked out of his office I looked at the name and it read "Dow William Walker" I froze in my tracks and turned around and looked at the man and said "My father's name was Dow William Walker" He looked at me and said "Is your mother named Betty" Tears started flowing and he jumped from behind his desk and we stood there hugging and crying. When I called my company and explained all of this to them they told me to take a few days off to be with him. We discovered some pretty strange things also. When he got out of the military he went to work for a soft drink company (so did I) He left that and went to work for a beer company (so did I) he left that and went to work for a wood products company (so did I) He lived in Richmond count Georgia I lived in Richmond count North Carolina. His second wife's was raised in New Jersey 3 miles from where my second wife is from. My father and I are extremely close to this day and he will be here (Myrtle Beach) tomorrow to spend the week with me. I love that man. Happy fathers day
Wow. What an incredible story. God definitely had it in store for you two to meet. This was very inspiring as to what desires we have in our heart .. are met. No matter the time that elapses between the two dynamics. 
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YOU MADE MY DAY!!!
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Dude! That was an amazing story you shared. Mahalo!
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Edited by
MyrtleBeachDude
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Sun 06/15/08 08:47 AM
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Thanks all and it still chokes me up as well. I forgot to add, when I returned to my job on the following Monday I was met with the press. This story was published the following Sunday's headline followed with a 2 page article. (I guess that was my 15 minutes of fame lol)
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Great story Myrtle!
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