Liz' ROTC Commissioning
I was commissioned a 2LT in the US Army Reserve by my uncle,
Ret. Lt. Col. George E. Taylor (USA). This ceremony was held in the ROTC
building at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC even though
I was a student at the Spartanburg campus of the University
of South Carolina. I was commissioned in May 1982.
My stepmother was frustrated that my dad couldn't give me
my commission but it had to be an active duty or retired officer,
not just a veteran. *NOT* just a veteran....those words hit home
now since that is what I am too, now...*just a veteran*.
I was at my best physically at that point than any other
time since childhood. I wish the pictures were better.
This page contains my favorite photo...bottom right of me
with my Mother and Daddy....which was a miracle and a photo
that Lillian, my stepmother, despised.
As to the other officer in the photo, that was the
1st LT I had been assigned to while a member of the
SMP program, Simultaneous Membership Program. I was a
member of a SC National Guard Unit in Greenville with
the rank of E5 while I was in ROTC. The LT was the
officer I had been assigned to shadow. He had the honor
of pinning my bars on me.

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