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Toothpaste Gum: Nothing
Too Good for Our Troops!
By John T Jones, Ph.D.
Even out here in Idaho we
heard that the Army is developing a powerful gum that will scrub
the teeth of our GIs while they are blasting away at insurgents.
It’s true! It’s true!
GIs can’t always find their
toothbrush and they never have any toothpaste. (Let’s see, I was
cleaning my rifle with it yesterday…) Anyway, that’s how it was
in Korea.
If you wanted toothpaste or
a new toothbrush in Korea you had to wait until the Red Cross
sent it to you. I don’t remember finding it in the supply tent.
A couple of times the Red Cross sent us some supplies that might
(or might not) include dental stuff. However, you could often
get a corncob pipe.
The dental service was great
in Korea too. The dentists were too lazy to fix your teeth. They
probably figured you’d be dead anyway. They grabbed a pair of
pliers and yanked out your teeth and went back to drinking
coffee.
Back in the states, I tried
to get dental care at Fort Ord, California. They said they
couldn’t scheduled me until six months after I was discharged.
Too late! Too late!
At home, I knew I could
trust the Veterans Administration to make up for what was not
done while I was in the service. A V.A. dentist gave me an
examination and told me that I was not eligible for V.A. care
even though I was a veteran.
Too bad! Too bad!
I don’t remember anyone
cleaning his teeth on the line. With what? I came down off the
line after 43 days of living in a hole (complete with dirt floor
and walls) to get a shower. I looked up into that shower and
grinned and grinned and grinned. My radioman scrubbed my back
and I scrubbed his.
Scrub! Scrub! Scrub!
I’m glad they are getting
that gum for our servicemen. I’m sure they will want to:
Chew! Chew! Chew!
The End
copyright©John
T. Jones, Ph.D.2005
John T. Jones, Ph.D. (tjbooks@hotmail.com)is
a retired R&D engineer and VP of a Fortune 500 company. He is
author of detective & western novels, nonfiction (business,
scientific, engineering), poetry, etc. Former editor of
international trade magazine. Jones is Executive Representative
of International Wealth Success.
More info:
http://www.tjbooks.com
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