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Janice Ryan

Senior Prom

In December of my senior year at Bristol High a group of my girl friends all got together, secured dates and began preparation of what to wear!  I made my evening gown of red taffeta covered with two layers of white net.  It was strapless. I was so proud of tis accomplishment. My date...
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Charles William Spratt

God's In Control

I’ve learned over the years that no matter what the circumstances are . Let God take care of your problems . I tried many times to take care of my problems my self and I always failed and made a mess out of it . It took me a bad marriage...
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Sandy Jones

My First Career Change: Age 11

The earliest recollection I have of what I wanted to be when I grow is probably elementary school age. I wanted to be a stewardess. This was before we had to call everyone a "flight attendant".  This was a short-lived dream for two very big reasons:  First I had a growth-hormone...
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Charles William Spratt

The Mother To My Two Son's

About the first of April 1988 I met my current wife . A wonderful woman and mother to my two son’s . Again If you want to meet some one with your like interest go do the things you like to do . How are you going to meet some one...
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Charles William Spratt

My BIG Mistake

After I had got a job and settled in St Louis area my girl friend and I was getting pretty serious with each other   . the following April after I had moved to St Louis I took her down to meet my Mom and Dad . On the way back...
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Charles William Spratt

Moving To St Louis

They always told me that if you wanted to meet some one that you will like go do something that you like to do . The only thing is I like to stay home . How are you supposed to meet some one if you stay at home? I had heard...
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Charles William Spratt

Moving Back To Oklahoma

After my wife died and it was left up to me to cook ; wash the dishes ; do the laundry ; clean the house for me and two son’s ages six and four I learned what my wife had done with her time . after doing a forty hour week...
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Charles William Spratt

How I Got Saved

After my wife’s death   one of my dear friends from work that I had gone to Tech school with said “ You Ain’t   Driving” I spent the first night with them . He even gave up his bed for me that night . A teacher from the headstart watched...
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Charles William Spratt

A BIG SHOCK

Mepco Electra had hired me to be the night plant maintenance man after a short training period . We had lived in Mineral Wells about two months and life was looking up pretty good but something was missing . We wanted a little girl in our lives . So we decided...
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Charles William Spratt

Starting My Family

I dated this girl for quite a while then I moved to the town she lived about 50 miles away . I got a job first working for the City doing what ever they needed me to do . The water Department , Street Department , Sewer Department Sanitation Department ....
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Charles William Spratt

My First Date With My Wife

I was discharged out of the Army December 6 1966 . The first thing I did after I went home was   to join the VFW . I started attending their meetings every Friday night and within two weeks I had a job at the local flour mill . I was...
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Charles William Spratt

Ft Hood Texas

When I got back home   from Viet Nam I went home for two weeks leave and then reported back to duty at Ft Hood Texas . I was in Firth Army in an Engineer Unit . My brother had been in the Army before me and had joined the 2...
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Charles William Spratt

Coming Home

When you getting close to coming home you start marking the days off of your calendar. First it’s 120 days then it’s 90 days then it’s 60 days then it gets down to 30 days your on your last month . Can’t wait to get home . Since we came over...
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Charles William Spratt

TDY

I lied I did not spend all eleven months of my tour in Viet Nam in Qui Nhon . I was sent TDY (Temporary Duty Something) for three months to Plieu Ku . It was about 50 miles inland. They needed some one to install a new 4 inch galvanized steel...
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Millard Don Carriker

A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody

Entering my senior year of high school my experience with girls was that of a Carthusian monk but without whatever spiritual consolation they enjoy.   When I was in ninth grade my previously fair skinned face erupted with volcanoes.  One look in the mirror convinced me that only a girl with severe...
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Millard Don Carriker

"The Famous James"

"The Famous James"
  "The Famous James" English-built Motorcycle - 1946 As with all humans, the Whizzer, after a few weeks, became less than what I wanted.  While the Whizzer was being developed and marketed, the Cushman Motor Company, a small firm that had produced motorized “scooters” for the Army looked at what they...
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Charles William Spratt

Smitty

After we had been in Viet Nam for awhile we were able to take a week R & R (Rest & Relaxation) a sort of vacation if you care to say . If you had the money . Some went to Bangkok , Thialand some went to Tokyo , Japan some...
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Charles William Spratt

Frogs

After the Monsoons quit and the rain quit   we had thousands and thousands of frogs to deal with . You see where our compound was , it was at the bottom of a huge hill . All the water during Monsoon season would come running down the side of that...
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Charles William Spratt

The Coronel Wants an Officer club NOW

Our first job when we got to Viet Nam was ordered by the Coronels . They wanted an Officers Club built right away . We arrived about the third week in September and about the first of October was when the Monsoon started ( the rainy season ) It rain non...
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Charles William Spratt

My Gaurdian Angel

After returning To Ft Meade Maryland to join back up with my unit we all boarded a plane to fly to   San Fran Cisco . We went and stood in line on the docks for several hours waiting to board this huge Ocean Liner ( Merchant   Marine Ship )...
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