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What Was Your First Big Purchase After Separating or Retiring?
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After separating from the Marine Corps, the first major purchase I made was some years later, which was a house.
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After finishing a three-year enlistment in the Army, I bought a brand new 1965 Triumph Spitfire rag and joined the sports car click. I thought I was a hot stuff driver, until I took a corner way too fast, and rolled it. Shortly after I totaled my Spitfire, I got married and moved on to the Station Wagon gang.
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My biggest purchase after coming back from Vietnam and finishing my tour back in the states was to buy a new car after going back to work at my old job at western electric and enrolling at night classes
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When I came back to the states and separated in the fall of 1980 I paid cash for a Dodge Colt. I'd saved the money via an allotment ! Mind you, that vehicle was a stripped down economy car that cost me $5200 in 1980!!!
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I saw people consulted for financial difficulties that didn't have to happen.
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We bought our four major appliances...stove, refrigerator, washer and dryer with our separation bonus.
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