Comment from a reader on "The Illustrious RAO Storyteller":
I also was given "the problem is with the FPO in San Francisco" story after two checks and one credit card never arrived. Strange how I never had a problem with FPO/APO during my twenty years of naval service.
[The Subic Bulletin] And another:
Whoa! I lived in the Philippines for some 25 year - '69 to '96.
I did a lot of bowling and one of the Philippine bowlers had resided for a time in the U.S. and worked at the main S.F. Post Office. He was not the least shy about admitting what all thievery went on there. It was an impressive arrangement and no doubt carries forward to this day. The "best" was a friend in the U.S. military who when on home leave mailed a very large N.C. ham. via the APO. But alas it never arrived. He checked as to its whereabouts and it made it across the U.S. to S.F. where it promptly "flew away". Cheers!!
[The Subic Bulletin] And another:
My use of "illustrious" was sarcasm.
[The Subic Bulletin] Yes we know and we enjoyed it! Thank you!
[The Subic Bulletin] And another:
I did a lot of bowling and one of the Philippine bowlers had resided for a time in the U.S. and worked at the main S.F. Post Office. He was not the least shy about admitting what all thievery went on there. It was an impressive arrangement and no doubt carries forward to this day. The "best" was a friend in the U.S. military who when on home leave mailed a very large N.C. ham. via the APO. But alas it never arrived. He checked as to its whereabouts and it made it across the U.S. to S.F. where it promptly "flew away". Cheers!!
[The Subic Bulletin] Yes we know and we enjoyed it! Thank you!
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