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02-26-2009, 10:08 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Scottsdale,
Az
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA #2119
Posts: 310
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The year 1972, the country is in a slump, people looking for jobs, the lines were long. I was discharged on March 17 1972. I came home with no fan
fare, no parades, in fact I had to change clothes so no one would spit on me or call me a baby killer.
I went to Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, the Rouge plant, near my hometown, looking for a job. There were probably 50 to 60 people in the room looking for work. A man came out and shouted " any veterans here" several of us put our arms up. He then shouted "those with your hands up stay all others we have no more positions available".
I had a job. Ford in my mind IS AMERICA. I will never forget that day. I only worked for 89 days, 1 day short of the proverbial 90 days and your in for life, because it was not what or where I wanted to be. But God bless Ford for picking out the veterans. If you're old enough to rememer those times you're old enough to remember how we were treated. Ford went above and beyond.
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02-26-2009, 10:52 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Montgomery,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: CR 427 S/C, 351W, 5 Sp & KMP142 - 427 SO, 4 Spd
Posts: 2,212
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WOW. I haven't seen that one - great! I got out in January, 1971 and
there was a different attitude towards veterans then. Glad that has
changed.
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02-26-2009, 11:48 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: yuba city,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: spf
Posts: 1,231
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January 1972 I came back to the world.......That commercial really brought tears to my eyes.......
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Too close for missles, switching to guns.........
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02-27-2009, 08:59 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Las Vegas,
NV
Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby CSX4005LA, Roush 427IR
Posts: 5,634
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Quote:
Originally Posted by snakebitekit
The year 1972, the country is in a slump, people looking for jobs, the lines were long. I was discharged on March 17 1972. I came home with no fan
fare, no parades, in fact I had to change clothes so no one would spit on me or call me a baby killer.
I went to Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, the Rouge plant, near my hometown, looking for a job. There were probably 50 to 60 people in the room looking for work. A man came out and shouted " any veterans here" several of us put our arms up. He then shouted "those with your hands up stay all others we have no more positions available".
I had a job. Ford in my mind IS AMERICA. I will never forget that day. I only worked for 89 days, 1 day short of the proverbial 90 days and your in for life, because it was not what or where I wanted to be. But God bless Ford for picking out the veterans. If you're old enough to rememer those times you're old enough to remember how we were treated. Ford went above and beyond.
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Thank you sir for your service. That was my era too. I didn't have to go but know many that came back to those same circumstances. I knew a few that didn't come back.
Edit: I guess I posted before I read everyone else's replies. For all those who served, thank you.
I was at the Shelby Cafe last summer. It's a favorite hangout for a bunch of those from Nellis AFB. I bought one table's lunch. I asked that the server not say anything but they all stood up when I left so someone ratted.
Later I was in Minneapolis for a meeting. It was late and a bunch of us from work were sitting in the loungs. A Sgt. was sitting at the bar eating (the restaurant was closed). I bought his dinner. He came over to the table too.
I have made a habit of thanking anyone in a uniform I see in the airport.
It was this photo from the Rocky Mountain News (and the article that won the Pulitzer):
The Rocky shut its doors today (last issue ever). The story evolved to a book, Final Salute, that followed the Buckley Air Force Marine detachment that delivered "the knock on the door".
http://www.amazon.com/Final-Salute-S...5751043&sr=8-2
Again, thank you.
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02-27-2009, 11:09 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Bradenton,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR 5546 351w
Posts: 48
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I got this picture in addition to the one above.
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02-27-2009, 07:40 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Las Vegas,
NV
Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby CSX4005LA, Roush 427IR
Posts: 5,634
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikey_P
I got this picture in addition to the one above.
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This one made me cry.
Between this one and the one that won the Pulitzer I thought this one was the better photo. |
02-27-2009, 11:18 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Port Orchard,
Wa.
Cobra Make, Engine:
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Thank You
I thought that I could handle the wall.....Nope, cried, ...thank you... from one to another. 65-69  |
02-28-2009, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Nampa,
ID
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA EXP002, 1968 PI 428 FE
Posts: 691
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Great commercial, reminds me of the "good old days". When I got back from beautiful SE Asia in 1970 I had my 1965 427 Corvette waiting for me in a friends barn. (yes I know, I was over to the dark side!  ) But I did trade it for a 1969 Mustang GT fastback and have been mostly on the right track since.
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