NOTE: This "Where Are They Now"/Haywood Smith feature first appeared in the Tigers Football GameDay program Sept. 22 when Memphis hosted South Alabama on Military/Veterans Appreciation Night.
There are multiple photos in Haywood Smith's Cordova home chronicling the most important role of his military career.
Smith, 88, doesn't hesitate when asked if a framed, Lyndon Baines Johnson autographed photo hanging on his bedroom wall can be inspected at closer range. Smith promptly takes the photo off its hooks and hands it over.
Smith, a baseball player for then-Memphis State in the early 1950s, is extremely proud of a prominent past.