[Gay State Conservative]

Unlike many,many guys my age my time in the Armed Forces was quite uneventful.My two strongest memories are 1) during BCT at Fort Knox (the "Home of Armor" in '69) there were barracks about 50 feet from us where Marines who were training for an Armor MOS were billeted. Whenever we'd see them they give us $hit.

And 2) when assigned to Cutler Army Hospital (Fort Devens,Massachusetts) a bird Colonel was brought in,by helicopter,from the Natick Labs (an Army research facility in Massachusetts) after the new parachute he was testing failed to open. He was taken straight to Pathology.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Gay State Conservative...thanks for sharing your stories. I hope they figured out what went wrong with the parachute that didn’t open.