His tour of duty landed him in Korea where he spent 13 months as a company commander driver with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. Gaddis has a working degree in computer electronics and takes pride in having opened the first computer store in the U. S. wholly owned and operated by an African American. He presently works as a self-employed computer consultant. As to the Step-On Guide Program, Mr. Gaddis states, I am so elated that I became involved. Instead of taking the position of a conformist, I elected to take the lead and be a part of the solution rather than be a part of the problem.
Talk is cheap and there is so much of it going around.
The program has given Gaddis an opportunity to realize a part of his original 1965 goal, to help bridge the gap between the races by telling the story of African American accomplishments in helping to build this great nation that we all refer to as the United States of America. The central point of the tour is historic Ft. Reno, located in El Reno, which is the final resting place for more than 15 Buffalo Soldiers. Reno, a military camp in 1874, Ft. Reno was established as an official military post in 1875.