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Our base’s Army Ex-
change Service carried
a particular brand of
underarm deodorant
that I liked and bought
for years. Then one
day I couldn’t find it.
I asked an employee
whether they still car-
ried my deodorant.
“No, we don’t,” she

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said. “It was always

selling out, and I could

never keep it in stock.

So I quit ordering it.”

—Jerry Robert Ryan

Franklin, Tennessee

I admit it—I have a ten-

dency to exaggerate,

and I was afraid when

I joined the Navy that

my “creativity” might

get me in trouble. But

my fears were put to

rest one day while get-

ting into formation,

which was determined

by height. Now, I was

shy of six feet tall,

but when our drill

sergeant called for all

six-footers to line up,

I stepped forward any-

way. I instantly knew

I was in the right outfit

when I looked around.

I was the tallest guy

in line.

—George Walter

Reamy Lorena, Texas

“Gesundheit.”

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