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Backseat Driver

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5. He might have bumped into my Navy FIL who, during off time, worked serving and bussing in the Officers Club

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 30, 2024, 11:18 PM

Jan 2024

for the perk. Officially, he was an electrician (post-Pearl Harbor). TPTB in the club allowed the enlisted men who sometimes worked in the club to swim in their pool--he spent a lot of time in that pool, hahaha. I think there may even be pictures.

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