Cumberland County, TN | Ron..NE ILL..10/48 - 4/8/2021 20:56
jeeps (the Ford kind that would have the wheels fold under if you went around a corner too fast),
Yes, I remember those Jeeps. Nobody was allowed to drive one until they got their M1-51 endorsement on their military driver's license.
We had a guy in our outfit - name was Thomas Dail. One day a staff sgt. yelled at him to move a jeep out of the way. Dail told him, "I can't. I don't know how to drive."
"It drives just like a car! Now get in there and MOVE IT!"
"I don't know how to drive a car. I never drove one."
"You never drove a car? WHY NOT?"
"Well, I never needed to."
"How you been gettin' around then?"
"A bus or a taxi."
"Where you from, Dail?"
"New York City."
That just about bowled us all over. Dail told us that most people he knew never wanted a car because there'd be no place to put it that wouldn't cost you money. It was cheaper to take a taxi - plus you didn't need to worry about the wheels being gone overnight.
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