The Beatles released “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album. Hollywood’s box office hits were, “The Graduate,” “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Cool Hand Luke.” Gasoline was 33 cents a gallon, movie tickets were $1.25, the average cost of a new home was $14,250 and a new car would cost around $2,750. That was 1967–the year Maj. Gen. Thomas Deppe, vice commander of Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., attended boot camp at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
“At that time you were either in college or you got drafted,” said General Deppe. “I had just dropped out of college, and then came my draft notice in the mail not too long after.”
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