The Adventures of a Travelin' Man

By David M. Newsome

This book is non-fiction. It has drama, near death experiences. Inspiration is what I want. Just the truth. Freedom is important. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Dec 5, 2023
• ISBN: 9798887930275

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The Adventures of a Travelin' Man

David M. Newsome

Copyright © 2023 David M. Newsome

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First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING

Conneaut Lake, PA

First originally published by Page Publishing 2023

ISBN 979-8-88793-044-2 (pbk)

ISBN 979-8-88793-027-5 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

The adventures of a travelin' man

Acknowledgements

About the Author

12-22-21 3:11 pm

"The adventures of a travelin' man"

1 My name is David M. Newsome. This book is true, to the best of my knowledge. The dates are not in order. I'll put names of the people I write about only using their first names. I'll try to show the utmost respect to those who deserve it. I was born in Modesto, California. The year was 1958. April the 14th. It was the same month & day that some terrible events happened, unfortunately. Three of those were: Abraham Lincoln's assasination in 1846 I believe. The Titanic hit an iceberg in 1912. The third one that I can think of the worst sand & dirt storm hit Oklahoma & its surrounding states. It was called the Dust Bowl. That happened in 1935. It was so large & powerful that the Capital of the United States: Washington District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) had dust inside it's building. So much for the bad things. Huh? My Mom & Dad entered me in a baby Contest in Modesto, CA. I won first place! A little blue ribbon was awarded to me.

The only other ribbon that I remember, was the second place ribbon I won in Track. The track-meet was in the city of Hughson, CA. It was the Hughson Invitational track meet. It was the 440 meter. I had never even practiced track at Ceres High School in Ceres, CA. I was about 15-16 years old.

I remember crawling around in the cloth diapers, believe it or not. I've been in many different modes of traveling, since then. For example; rapelling from a helicopter, cliff & tower. Slid down on the life-line, crawled, marched, hiked in the Army. This back in 1981-1983? I left the infantry's third battalion sevententh infantry division in 1983. I got out on a General Discharge under Honorable condition. I was kinda like a bad boy. I wanted out while the getting' out was good Ha! Don't take me wrong, I would've fought or died, had the time came. I did show the Marine's how I did the obstacle course. They come from Camp Pendleton, CA. They were really impressed.

The Marine's did their hu-rahs! I really enjoyed the obstacle course, with the un-even bars, the climbing of ropes, ect… I bought a 1969 Road-Runner while I was stationed at Fort Ord, CA. We took a pen-lite plane to Fort McCoy Wisconsin. It was on a winter training trip. Also, by plane, we landed in Camp Pendelton for a simulated Jungle training eventure. My processing place was in Fort Jackson, S.C. My basic training & Advanced Individual training (A.I.T.) was in Fort Benning, GA. Yes, it was tough. I did have some good times. The food (chow) was good.

The first long-distance trip was leaving for Kent Washington the first time. I had got a ride from Modesto to a truck-stop. It was only about thirty miles away. While I was relieving myself on the toilet, in the stall, when the door opened. A man had come in. I said, I'll be out as soon as possible. He then said, you know I could kill you & nobody would know. I was scared. I told him I wish he wouldn't. I didn't even try to see who it was. He left. As I