When I joned the Army on October 28,1962,I was getting 78 dollars and
pocket change each month as a buck Private.When I was a PFC (Private
First Class) I was getting one hundred and twenty five dollars and
pocket change each month.When I was a Specialist Fourth Class,(same rank
as Corporal which was two stripes,but I wore a patch on my sleeves with
an Eagle on my patches) I was getting (I don't remember exactly how much
for some reason) about two hundred and fourteen dollars and pocket
change each month.(them Vietnamese helpers of ours would say,Ohhhhh,too
much money!,I always told them,Not enough money!) Combat pay (extra pay)
in Vietnam in 1964 amounted to an extra forty dollars each month.
cuhulin