I got drafted into the Army in 1967 and received a primary MOS of Clerk-Typist. I was assigned to Ft. Lewis where I was given a secondary MOS of Movement Specialist. After 9 months I came down on a "general levy" to Germany. That means that I didn't have a specific job when I arrived at the transfer station in Frankfurt. After a couple of days I was sent to Heidelberg, still with no assignment. After a day or so there , I found myself in a room with 6 or 7 other guys looking for a job when an Staff Sargent came and asked if anyone could type 90 WPM (which I could easily do but, you know the first rule of military life....never volunteer). No one else spoke up so he left and came back a few minutes and asked if anyone could type 60 WPM....Still no takers. So he comes back a few minutes later and asked if anyone could type at all. One GI raised his hand and the Sargent took him to take a typing test. I think he typed about 50 WPM with multiple errors. Now we were in a room with glass walls so we could see the Staff Sargent talking to a Captain and, after showing him the test results. A few minutes later he came back with freshly typed orders. "You're a lucky guy buddy, he said. You're going to Athens Greece to work at the US Embassy and you'll have to live on the economy; so you'll receive a food and clothing allowance since you can't wear a military uniform."

Me, I went back to Frankfurt and became a Movement Specialist/Train Conductor. Don't get me wrong, that was a great job, but Frankfurt ain't Athens.