Dave, a graduate of Ouachita Baptist University, Class of 1951-53, is married to his wife of 49 years, Effie Crump-Moody.
Dave, a military graduate of the OBU ROTC program, was assigned to USARPAC,...view moreDave, a graduate of Ouachita Baptist University, Class of 1951-53, is married to his wife of 49 years, Effie Crump-Moody.
Dave, a military graduate of the OBU ROTC program, was assigned to USARPAC, 25th Infantry (Tropical Lightning) Division in 1954, and later as an infantry line officer, was assigned to Coronado Naval Base near San Diego, for training in “Embarcation and Loading,” in preparation for transfer of the 35th Infantry “The Cacti” Regiment to the Korean War Zone. While in Coronado, he had opportunities to cross over the border into Tijuana, Mexico, to get a first-hand look at the hardship, poverty, and suffering of the ordinary citizens in the setting of the tougher elements of the Mexican border environment.
This experience, in part, formed the background setting for his second novel, El Sombre—Shadow of the Mast.view less