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Harry K wrote:
> On Feb 10, 4:55 pm, Jim Carriere <jimcarri...@yahoooo.nospam> wrote:
>> Ron Wanttaja wrote:
>>> On 10 Feb 2007 16:14:45 -0800, "BobR" <r...@r-a-reed-assoc.com> wrote:
>>>> Many things do not quite add up. For instance...
>>>>> Q. What is your military service number?
>>>>> A. It would be the same as my social security number - 146524672.
>>>> When did the Air Force, Army, or any branch of the service start using
>>>> the Social Security Number as the Military Service Number? It sure
>>>> wasn't used when I was in the Air Force.
>>> And you, Billy Mitchell, and Ben Folois probably had many arguments about it,
>>> too. :-)
>>> Not sure when it was, but the services did switch to the SSAN. I went in the
>>> Air Force about the same time as Zoom, and my SSAN was my service number.
>> http://www.ssa.gov/history/1960.html
>>
>> Skip down to July 1, 1969.
>>
>> It seems like a McNamara-ism (whiz-kid style business decision), but it
>> actually happened after his tenure as SECDEF and during the first Nixon
>> administration.- Hide quoted text -
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> That was a surprise. I was in 1954-1975. I was thinking it was late
> 50s or early 60s. Still remember my old AF number.
>
> Harry K
>
I was drafted in 67, issued an Army Service Number, it was changed to
SSN in 68 before heading off to South Viet Nam. Remember it well,
drilled into my head.
George V.
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Re: Another Zoom Lie Discovered
