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"Same here Bob. In contact with a one or two guys from other duty stations. But none from boot camp. "
"Just curious. But it's been a little over 51 years since I graduated from Boot Camp. How many of you folks still have contact with any of your old shipmates ? I still have one or two."
"Prayers heading your way, be strong ."
"I guess my Navy time must have been somewhat different. 4 years 3 months 15 days. My brother did 24 years. Brother Ed passed away in 2009 due to Agent Orange exposure. We both were proud to have served and we both thought the Navy was the only…"
"Happy Fathers Day to you too Bill. Lot of sailors in my family also. I read where you were on the Iowa. Sailing on a BB was always my dream, tried to get on the New Jersey when they brought it back during Viet Nam, didn't make it, ended up on the…"
"To quote that great American, the late Rodney King. "Can't we all just get along?".
Just kidding guys."
Just kidding guys."
"2 million bucks for a condo at RTC ? Heck they paid me 87.00 a month to stay there, lol !"
"We were raised to hate and fear the Communists. Remember the films they showed us in school? One was narrated by Jack Webb with a prolog by J Edgar Hoover. It was about an American town taken over by the commies. And then there was the domino theory…"
"I actually served with a Navy Draftee when I was stationed in D.C. They were far and few between. Only one I ever ran into. The Navy and Marines had a few draftees in 65 and 66. Don't know if the guy was pulling my leg, but he said the Navy…"
"By the way Pat, my brother was a AZC who was with P-3 Orions out of Brunswick, Me. Retired on instruction duty there shortly after Desert Storm. "
"Thomas, I agree. It burns me up to see foreign aid money going to countries that would turn on us in a New York minute. "
"There are so many things that have changed in the military since my day. Pay is so much better. I think you really have to excel now to make it a career. But with things winding down in Afganistan and Iraq I wonder if there will be a lot of…"
"Yeah Pat from some folks. Others that I know would love for their kids to get the heck off the couch and join something."
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Daniel just noticed your reply to my April 20 post...Don't know how I missed the notice that you replied. Yes Mesquite was the place to be Sat night on the square with CW music when I was a kid. Sunnyvale was then called Tripp before joining several little communities to make Sunnyvale.. I to went to SD by train in "59. What a trip through the mountains...Loved it. I also thought the Navy was going to be first class all the way from the train accomidations. ha After my stint in the Navy, I went to work for a drug company and moved to Carpis Christy for a bit and then up to Beeville where I pal'd around with the Navy pilots there, then ot Baytown and then to Houston and then to MISSISSIPPI. What a trip back in time...LOL Bet you guys had a time with the Marine recruits on the train. We only had one with us, but he called us everything in the book because we joined the Navy and not the Marines. Later in Nimitz while we were resting near the fence between us, we would see him and call him by name and ask how the Marines was going for him. All we would get is a dirty look from him. At least we got a change to get back a bit and it made us feel good. I went in for a Kiddy Cruise at seventeen but extended a year in Japan. My Fathere always said signing for me was the biggest mistake he made with me but I always told him...no dad it was the best thing you ever did for me and it was. A great growing experience and I was able to see a lot of the world that most country kids never see...Great experience...
Daniel
Good to see another Texan on here..I grew up in the Mesquite area in Sunnyvale.
Join the Navy in Dallas in "59 I am now living In Mississippi where my wife grew
up near Batesville.just south of Memphis Tn.