sdandrea1 Nope, a simple freak accident. Pulling something out of the wall, nail broke and flew into my eye. Old nail, rectangle-type shape. Luckily it had some speed, hit the back of the socket, and came back out. Lost eyesight for some time but was fixed by a senior Army ophthalmologist at Ft Rucker (Army helo pilot training)
21 yo, sitting alone in the hospital for a couple of weeks pondering if the AF was going to let me go on Active Duty with 1 eye and regretting not paying attention to school since I had a USAF pilot slot and 6 months from graduation. Ended up with a waiver from the AF and the rest was gravy.