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To: Mark17

I am in NYC right now. It sucks. Can’t leave until MIL drops.

Liked it when I was younger.

Read your profile page. Pretty impressive!

My neighbor was in Vietnam building Towers before there was a large amount of fighting going on.

I forget what kind of towers they were, radio or something or other.

He did not see combat. Wasn’t a soldier. Ended up working for Con Ed when he got home.

Would you hazard a guess as to what he was building? Or is the question incredibly vague? :)


11 posted on 03/12/2017 7:54:52 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622

Communication towers mostly. Page Electronics was one of the construction companies. Probably some radar sites too.

Public contracts were put out for bidding for many types of construction work, from building ports and infrastructure/facilities, to possibly roads and bridges.


16 posted on 03/12/2017 8:05:25 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: dp0622
It's hard to say what he was building. Maybe control towers. 😀 Now that, I would be familiar with.
21 posted on 03/12/2017 9:19:28 PM PDT by Mark17 (20 years a USAF Air Traffic Controller, RETIRED. A career that will make you old before your time)
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