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AI: So, then let's see, were... you were discharged in 1954, is that right?

AS: Yes.

AI: And so what happened? Where, where did you go and where were you discharged?

AS: In Chicago.

AI: So you went right back --

AS: Pardon?

AI: So you went right back to Chicago.

AS: Yes, because my, my, the rest of the family were there, all of 'em was in Chicago. So I went back over there and I got a job. And then I was thinking of going to school. And, well, my sister was married by then, and sister's brother-in-law, I mean, my sister's husband said to me, says, "You going back to school?" He says, "Why don't you go to mechanic school? That way you don't have to go to school as long and then you can make a good living out of being a mechanic." Because in Chicago, mechanics work on, if you working for other dealership, you work on commission. So you can make a decent living at it. So then I went to mechanic school, which was only six months. And then he got me a job there at the same dealership as him.

AI: And which, which dealership was that?

AS: Ford, Ford Dealer.

AI: Oh, so that sounds like it worked out very smoothly.

AS: Yeah, uh-huh. I got lucky.

AI: Well now, at about this same time you got married, didn't you?

AS: 1955, yes, after, I think after I worked for half a year. Then we decided to get married.

AI: Well, tell me, how did you meet Betty? And when was that, was that 1950 or '51?

AS: Yeah, either '50, late '50 or early '51. Bunch of us went bowling. And that's where, that's where I met Betty.

AI: And so then while you were in the army, did you stay in touch, were you corresponding?

AS: Oh, yeah. In fact, we got, we got engaged before I went overseas.

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