Bill
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True North wrote:
Poco Deplorevole
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"I must have been thinking of take home pay. When I was drafted, June of
'65, the base pay for E-1
was $83.20. I believe my take home was about $72.

https://www.navycs.com/charts/1964-m...pay-chart.html

(Ain't the internet great?)"



.....and probably grossly overpaid at that!


"If we were, what were you?"


Well..in 1965 depending if it was the spring or fall I was in either grade 10 or 11 in high school.
I did work Thursday and Friday evenings plus all day Saturday stocking shelves at a local supermarket earning somewhere between $1 and $1.50 per hour. So, at 16 hours a week x 4 weeks x hourly rate, I probably earned as much as y'all and worth every penny.