They had traveled from base to base and had shared many hotel rooms along the way. From their basic training through technical training and on to their first permanent assignment, Rod Luettengoen and Sam Jones filled out base paperwork and registered lodging together as required by their orders. Most of the clerks were afraid of mispronouncing Rod’s name and embarrassing themselves in the process. So they overlooked military protocol and called him by his first name. Both men knew the routine at each registration point.
Makes me think of driving from Goodfellow to Eielson…..
Names are hard to pronounce but J o n e s didn't have any trouble. 😂
Clever registration clerk!