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Came home from the Marines in 71, met face to face with my wife to be, had written me for a year, picked up my 57 Chevy and went back to work the nex day.
 
LarryK said:
Came home from the Marines in 71, met face to face with my wife to be, had written me for a year, picked up my 57 Chevy and went back to work the nex day.
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Good for you!!

Welcome home. (y)
 
Had no radio in my first 2 cars and did not hear the song while I was driving on a lumber road on a levee in North Carolina.
 
we had just left Northern Japan and got stationed at Griffiss AFB NY. Always wanted to know who I made mad.
 
Jack quaif said:
we had just left Northern Japan and got stationed at Griffiss AFB NY. Always wanted to know who I made mad.
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I was stationed at Malmstrom in 73 - had the
mikephillips said:
Just somewhat mad since it wasn't a DEWS station somewhere around the Artic Circle….
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I spent a couple months at Cape Dyer Dew Line Station back in the day. This was when I was part of a team doing site surveys for locations to replace the Dew Line with the new North Warning system radars.
 
I experienced the 70's as a kid on the sidelines, but remembered it as the best decade and one of change. For example my Aunt was attending UCSB at the time and an activist of change. Recall the Isla Vista riots.
 
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