One of my friends that was drafted one year before me bought 43 acres around 1960 with a small house. I don't know what he paid, but it was probably a lot less than $20,000.00. In the 1990's he had a large log home built. He sold it last June for $475000.00. He made E-6 in 11 months in 1952 when in Korea. His granddad was a gunsmith and gave him rifles with a scope. We could shoot those ground hogs a long distance away.
A few weeks ago you asked me if I was employed as civil service employee. I went to work at APG in 1951 and was drafted in 1953. In 1955 I was rehired back at APG as a returning vet. I worked in the secured area behind the fence. I spent most of my hitch at Ft Bragg NC with the 82nd Airborne. Some of largest test projects was the M1 A1 Abrams Tank, Bradley Fighting Vehicle, M60 Tank, 8 & 16 ton Goers, M578 Recovery Vehicle and the M88 Recovery Vehicle and lots of Trucks. After retiring I worked for 10 years for several defense contractors. Hal
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Today's Featured Article - Timing Your Magneto Ignition Tractor - by Chris Pratt. If you have done major engine work or restored your tractor, chances are you removed the magneto and spark plug wires and eventually reached the point where you had to put it all back together and make it run. On our first cosmetic restoration, not having a manual, we carefully marked the wires, taped the magneto in the position it came off, and were careful not to turn the engine over while we had these components off. We thought we could get by with this since the engine ran perfectly and would not need any internal work. After the cleanup and painting was done, we began reassembly and finally came to t
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