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Post by pdh54 on Jan 18, 2014 8:19:55 GMT 8
Saw this on a Buy,Sell,Trade Facebook page. Interesting. Look at the pay rates! It's a post from Ken Zajac in Coins & Currency,Stamps and Collectibles World www.tacomanarrowsbridge.org/collectible28.jpgIf you click on the above link the picture will be larger and easier to read.
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Post by okla on Jan 18, 2014 8:48:40 GMT 8
Hey Patty....Thanks for posting. These kids of today will probably lapse into Comas when they see that the lowest ranking guys in both the Army and Navy only pulled down 21.50 a month, not realizing that 21.50 went a lot further in those days, i.e. a can of PX Beer was generally 10 cents a pop, a pack of Camels went for 10 cents, etc. Still it was pittance. Soon after Dec 7, 1941 rates went up (along with costs, of course) and have crawled upward since. When I was in the AF I was making 150.00 a month as a Buck Sergeant. This included overseas pay. I returned to the States, was promoted to Staff Sergeant and was making 140.00 a month, a reduction of 10 bucks a month. Go figure, but I had lost my overseas pay, etc and that amounted to more than what my promotion gave me. Still, at 21 years of age, I had never had that much money in my young life. I finally had reached a point in my military hitch to still have a few bucks remaining in my wallet when payday rolled around. Of course, while in Korea, I had plenty of money since there was no place to spend it, other than 15 cent beer (and it was room temperature) and 10 cent a pack cigaretts. In fact I sent 1500.00 bucks home while overseas that year 1952-53. Looking back, it was the best time of my life, just as an old Master Sergeant, who was my mentor, told me it would become as time went by. I would still recommend it to any young guy. Besides, I was able to go to College due to the GI Bill. I owe serving in the military for that if for nothing else. Still, even without the GI Bill benefits, I would do it again in a New York minute. Thanks, again, for posting this stuff.
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