dirtbag wrote:In the early 70's, there were actually 'Gas Wars', with stations competing for the lowest prices...
I remember $0.25 per US gallon...
I remember the oposite in Nov. 1973. We had a "car free" sunday that time, nobody excapt EMTs, Police etc... were allowed to drive.
Families had a walk on the empty interstates...
The OPEC reduce the production on purpose to increase the price up to 70% in the very next year (1974) up to another 200% as their protest against the Yom-Kippur-War
The gas wars were in California, in 1971, good times !
During the yom Kippur war, (1973) I was in the Mediteranean, on a Patrol Gunboat, shadowing soviet warships and freighters taking Russian equipment to Syria and egypt. Dozens of Russians, loaded with tanks and trucks, and only one freighter taking stuff to Israel.
It was running at night, no lights, name painted over, and had several F-4 phantoms on deck, still painted with U.S. markings...
My ship was homeported in Naples (Napoli) Italy, But I was seldom home...
Gas was rationed, we had coupons and paid $0.50 per gallon. The US government paid the rest.
Locals were paying about $ 2.85 per, as I recall.
Mind you, I was only making about $ 400 a month then...
"Do not attack the First Marine Division. Leave the yellowlegs alone. Strike the American Army."
Orders given to Communist troops in the Korean War;
shortly afterward, the Marines were ordered
to not wear their khaki leggings.