Re: How far I've come...
By: Moondog to MRO on Sun Jan 29 2023 01:27 pm
> My father used to work for Clark Equipment, and he recalled a tour went
> through of Japanese tourists. This was in the mid to late 60's and security
> was lax on what they took pictures of. There were proprietary practices on
> ho w they drilled and inlettted axles, and let them take pictures of the
> process.
that is so stupid that they allowed that.
> There was guy they called Tex, who lied about his age to join the Marines in
> WWII. The guy was 15 or 16 when he enlisted. He was running a drill press,
> and kept staring at one of the engineers/ tourists. He walked up to the guy
> a nd asked him if his father served in the war, and if he survived. The
> Japanese guy said his father served, and survived. Tex then says he could've
> sworn he killed the guys father. That sounded like something he would say.
> i heard stories of this guy getting pissed off at the engineers or
> management, walked off the job and went to the bar to get drunk, then come in
> the next day like nothing had happened. I'm amazed they were so tolerant.
the japanese were ruthless people who starved and tortured their captives. There
was no love for them.
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