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To: magslinger
Both! Kiddy cruise in the Navy, then Air Force. Boot Camp in 59.
62 posted on 11/30/2005 3:16:38 PM PST by Fielding ( "OTHERS HAVE DIED FOR MY FREEDOM. NOW THIS IS MY MARK." "Cpl. Jeffrey B. Starr")
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To: Fielding

I wondered where and when you might have been issued one. My dad never was, and he did basic in 1943. He started with an M1 and went on to a heavy mortar and Ma Deuce. I carried a Singer built Springfield in Navy boot during '75 and dad didn't even know what it was.


76 posted on 11/30/2005 5:30:47 PM PST by magslinger (At the end of the day the only truly educated people are autodidacts.)
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