Scott Came Up Winner in Time at Camp Chaffee
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL › September 23, 2005
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Jim Scott did not expect to go in the Armed Forces by the draft route because he was in the Marine Corps Air Force Reserve and planned to go on active duty upon graduation from Carthage College in 1954.
But when the retired University High School coach took his physical, he failed because he was 6 feet, 7 1/2 inches tall, far above the 6-4 minimum for flying jets.See the full content of this document
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Scott Came Up Winner in Time at Camp Chaffee
"I was then ready to sign a pro baseball contract," said Scott. "But 20 days later I was at Camp Chaffee in Arkansas."
Yet Camp Chaffee had its benefits for Scott, who remains a ...See the full content of this document
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