On Tue, 7 Feb 2017 13:07:28 -0800 (PST), 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!

Absolutely! I didn't know **** about the Army, and here I was dragging in all the big bucks!