Add to ORKGPhotograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Haley Smith, 37-year-old Vietnam veteran who is paralyzed from the waist down, shows weariness after a long night on the telephone. Hundreds of times through a sleepless night, he dialed the number of an agency in San Francisco to tell them how much he wanted to adopt an orphan from South Vietnam. While seemingly going "against the odds," Smith could have assured the agency of this.. . his Army retirement money, his wife's job that brings in more than $3,000 per month, and the raising of two daughters of his own, prove he is a capable and experienced parent.