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Tommy Hayward and me 30 Jan. 2021 I never met Admiral Tom Hayward. Not once. But he was a giant influence in my life. Theres no question of that. Ill tell you one of my short tales. I usually dont write short tales, so this is rare for me. It was either late 1982 or early 1983—in that timeframe. I had moved my family from Texas to Gulfport, MS, so I could attend my junior and senior years of college at the U. of Southern Mississippis (USM) Long Beach campus. I had a VA Work-Study grant ...