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The terrible vengeance of Joseph P. Fyffe. On a warm August evening in 1870, a footsore stranger in naval officer's uniform walked into East Haddam, Connecticut. His name was Joseph P. Fyffe, and he was revenging himself on the Navy for refusing to advance him travel money to proceed to his new station, San Francisco. He was trudging cross-country on foot. And conscientiously wiring in daily progress reports well-calculated to give his superiors apoplexy. His sixth, from Albany, New York, read in part: "Entered Albany barefooted X Comfortable X Earning my keep as bartender X Local rum far superior that served in Navy X Am sending sample" At this point, the Navy struck its colors, reversed its time-honored tradition, and began prepaying travel allowances. Strangely enough, Joe Fyyfe actually wound up as a rear admiral. ..... 1956 U.S. Savings Bonds Ad, A4730.


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The terrible vengeance of Joseph P. Fyffe. On a warm August evening in 1870, a footsore stranger in naval officer's uniform walked into East Haddam, Connecticut. His name was Joseph P. Fyffe, and he was revenging himself on the Navy for refusing to advance him travel money to proceed to his new station, San Francisco. He was trudging cross-country on foot. And conscientiously wiring in daily progress reports well-calculated to give his superiors apoplexy. His sixth, from Albany, New York, read in part: "Entered Albany barefooted X Comfortable X Earning my keep as bartender X Local rum far superior that served in Navy X Am sending sample" At this point, the Navy struck its colors, reversed its time-honored tradition, and began prepaying travel allowances. Strangely enough, Joe Fyyfe actually wound up as a rear admiral. ..... 1956 U.S. Savings Bonds Ad, A4730.
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