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..I left home for Great Lakes.
Mathew 22: 37-39
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Fall seven times, stand up eight.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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..I left home for Great Lakes. 20 days from now, I did the same thing 22 years ago.
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I quit working when I was 57, the week obuma was elected.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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A true sportsman counts his achievements in proportion to the effort involved and fairness of the sport. - S. Pope
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Campfire Kahuna
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Back that date up to 18 Feb. '68 I left home to join the Army.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Then PH “A” school at Pensacola, then Cubi Pt for the balance of my enlistment.
Mathew 22: 37-39
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I quit working when I was 57, the week obuma was elected. a lot of people in this country did, probably not for same reasons as you though
have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings
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March of 68 I just got promoted to top craft communication tech with .Americam Telephone and Telegraph, Rawlins, Wyoming, was a tough winter 68-69 in south central Wyoming.
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It was 20 years ago today Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play.
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59 Years go this month I finished ITR and ACT at Camp Lejeune,
"The older I get, the better I was"
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I was on my way to Vietnam.
Old Corps
Semper Fi
FJB
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This must be meeting day for Geriatrics Anonymous. I was still 8 months away from my second tour of "that place". You fellas are just pups :):)
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This must be meeting day for Geriatrics Anonymous. I was still 8 months away from my second tour of "that place". You fellas are just pups :):) If 85 makes me a pup I do not know what old age is going to be like. Thanks for service cuz, missed that one , lucked out served 60-64 and the navy never called up from reserves.
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Naval Station Great Lakes???
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Naval Station Great Lakes???
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Was born 71 years ago today
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Was born 71 years ago today Happy birthday. DF
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Was born 71 years ago today Happy B/Day...
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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..I left home for Great Lakes. Salute of respect Thanks for your service...
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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