Anonymoose Wrote:
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> Back in '70-'71 I was a "Profiled" (ie disabled
> but willing to finish tour of duty) E-5 GI at Ft.
> Ord, CA. Somebody/somewhere remembered I could
> type and I ended up as a clerk/typist in the HQ of
> an Artillery (I think) unit at Ord. Never typed up
> recommendations for NCOs, that I remember, but I
> did churn out my share of OERs. for departing
> Company Commanders. The good old days, anyone
> remember Mimeographs?

I sure do remember them. I was in elementary school in the early 1950s and an office assistant would rattle off copies of bulletins. When I mean "rattle off", I mean it sounded like "Rat-ta-tat-ta-tat-at-tat.." Throughout the quiet hallways of the school the sound would echo.

IIRC the original copy was a sheet of paper with a wax quality that would push the letters out a bit for copying. If you made an error you had to fill in with wax and retype,