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SKILL.  BELIEVE IT OR NOT I WAS THE ONLY ONE TO COPY 20 WPM WITHOUT MISSING
A LETTER.  A KID BESIDE ME MISSED THE WORD RED CAP.  ILL NEVER FORGET THAT.
THE NAVAL OFFICER ASKED ME IF I KNEW HIM.   I SAID, YUP, I GUESS HES A
LITTLE NERVOUS.  SO HE AND I WERE THE ONLY ONES TO GET THE TICKET.  THE
OTHER 50 GUYS MARCHED OUT BETWEEN THE LONG MESS ROOM TABLES, SOME TWIRLING
THEIR HATS IN FRONT OF THEM AND SAYING, WHAT IN HELL ARE THEY COMING TO,
GIVING KIDS LICENSES?  I REPORTED TO THE MARCONI OFFICE IN NEW YORK CITY
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FOR MY FIRST SHIP, THE SS MAYARO SHIPS MARCONI CALL LETTERS MFR, A BRITISH
SHIP.  I WAS PICKED FOR THAT RARE JOB BECAUSE THE LAW SAID A SHIP CARRYING
OVER 200 PEOPLE, AND GOING SO FAR MUST HAVE TWO RADIOMEN ABOARD.  I GOT
ALONG GOOD WITH BOB PLUMMER, THE SENIOR RADIOMAN.  HE WAS A NICE GUY.  I
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