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I paid the rental fee for an apartment for a 30-day deposit to move my wife of one year out of my parents' home and into a private facility so that we could get on with our lives after I returned from the Vietnam War in 1971. I can't remember the date of our marriage. It was what I considered "war fever." I was 20 she was 19.
She had gotten a job with the telephone company. I got accepted into a community college and continued to use my parents' address for the next two years until completing the requirement for an AA degree under the GI Bill. We moved out of the third-floor apartment complex and into a two-story house that required no deposit. We eventually came up with the down payment for a single-family home years later.
I feel that the initial deposit was well worth it upon my return after serving as a combat infantry platoon leader at the age of 21.
She had gotten a job with the telephone company. I got accepted into a community college and continued to use my parents' address for the next two years until completing the requirement for an AA degree under the GI Bill. We moved out of the third-floor apartment complex and into a two-story house that required no deposit. We eventually came up with the down payment for a single-family home years later.
I feel that the initial deposit was well worth it upon my return after serving as a combat infantry platoon leader at the age of 21.
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My family and I went on an overseas trip to the Republic of Panama to celebrate my retirement
from the military. We had a great time visiting several locations throughout the country and
visiting family. Thank you to our Lord Jesus Christ providing this wonderful experience.
from the military. We had a great time visiting several locations throughout the country and
visiting family. Thank you to our Lord Jesus Christ providing this wonderful experience.
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MSG Katherine Whitley
As a recent Retiree and a GrandMother I was able to spend a LOT of time with my Grandchildren. I loved holding them and rocking them. The chair became a favorate with all of us and when the babies got tired they would take a nap in the Granny Chair...
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The first thing I bought when I had completed my service honorably was the first time I ever purchased golf clubs at full price. They were nice clubs and looking back now, I am really glad I didn’t pay much due to the fact that the brand name was a brand I wouldn’t be caught on any course playing. Twenty years later and I still remember playing with them and it did not help my game lol; only now do I play much better but I also use more expensive clubs and have had a lesson or two through the VOC, aka: Veterans On Course located in Utah but open to all veterans regardless of Branch of Service.
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