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Lt.Q L112 said:
Happy 58 years since proby school to all my brothers from the class of 9/14/68, stay well everyone
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Great group of guys that certainly saw their share of work during those very busy FDNY War Years and into the 80s as well.

Besides "Lt.Q L112", other guys were "jbendick" and "68jk09" from this site.

A former neighbor of mine nicknamed "mufti", I enjoyed visiting talking about those busy years.

I must say, without opening a book, as a buff, I sure learned a lot talking to those guys and watching them work.

For those who might be interested and/or haven't seen it check out the thread titled; "My Younger Buff Years".

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My younger Buff years

It was my 21st Birthday and my buddy and I had been celebrating in Manhatten. Around 2-3 AM we made our way over to Eng 82/Lad 31s Qtrs. A book titled; "Report from Eng 82" was about to come out. Of course we were a little "under the weather" but the apparatus doors were open and we walked in. We were surprised to see all the rigs in Qtrs because they were so busy at the time. We got invited in and next thing we know is we were sitting having a great 3 AM dinner meal of Pot Roast, Mashed Potatoes etc. Of course we didn"t know anybody there, but they treated us GREAT. As we got into the...
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Lt.Q L112 said:
Happy 58 years since proby school to all my brothers from the class of 9/14/68, stay well everyone
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This year 2026 the days on the calendar are repeating 1968 ....9-12 was the Saturday we all reported in a suit & tie to 60 Hudson St in lower Manhattan for our Swearing In ceremony (think it was a Western Union auditorium ? ) then first thing on Monday morning 9-14 we were at the old Welfare Island for six weeks......what a great time. .....Prayers for our Classmates no longer walking this Earth !
 
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