On 2/12/2012 9:49 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
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Karl
I got #35 . I joined the Navy to stay out of 'Nam . Guess where they sent
me ?
Snag

In 1970 I joined the Army to beat the draft.

It worked, too. They offered me a year of electronics schooling on a 3-year
hitch and then sent me to Germany, where I soon made Spec5 (E-5).

jsw


In 1945 I joined the Navy:

I was sworn in the day after the Japaneses surrendered (so I am a WWII vet.)

After basic training and a long wait in receiving stations I was
assigned to a ship.

That was Pres. Truman Yacht. ( so I spent reminder of my hitch in
Washington DC)

Every time the ship went to Cuba, I was left behind to take care of
speed boats and the hobby shop and the Escort (92 feet long)

So I got sea pay and never left the States.

Even through there was no liberty pass and no out-of bound pass, ( I was
on the honor system) life was no fun

Bill K7MOM