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Show ROBERT THAYER D B R , 2 2 there, and it was still on non-pay status. But I stuck with it and at tim s I wa r ady t give up because personalities and things, you know how it is with a group lik that and I was sure glad. I got a Reserve retirement out of it that really helped me. o som body was looking over my shoulder. But I got one promotion after I got out. But I got to b a major before the war ended. And I got my Lieutenant Colonel about four or five months after I got out. Then I never did get another promotion, but I got that far anyhow. So I went from a buck private to lieutenant colonel. That wasn't too bad. BEC: No, that's not bad at all. Were you called up during Korea? ROB: I nearly-the unit that I was in up to Hill Field, a lot of them were called up, but I wasn't one of them, thank heavens. I didn't want to go back in. I'd already kind of established myself. I got into the printing business, and I didn't really want to go back in then. As much as I enjoyed-! shouldn't say enjoyed, that's not itbut I was interested in the military, but I didn't particularly want to volunteer. If they'd have called me, I'd have gone, that's for sure. But they didn't, and I stayed out. Then, of course, after that I was getting too old anyhow. And then communications have changed so much that I probably would have had a difficult time trying to get back into the whole thing. BEC: ROB: BEC: ROB: few things. Yeah. Boy, that sun is bright. I've got to close those drapes. Yeah, that's right in your face. Boy, I've really bent your ear today. But I'd like to show you just a 37 |
