Initial Living Conditions
Why Did I Stay?
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😂 “Memories, memories!” how the HELL did we survive that! 🤷🏻♂️ All I know is I wouldn’t do it now! 😳
Oh.... my first night on the Apollo and I wasn't even in a dorm or bed. Bench in the Aft Lounge... then I was told I could find an old mattress down in Lower Hold One where a bunch of new people were sleeping. Not even beds. Amongst the crates off engine room spare parts and junk storage. Not even lights. It was luxury finally getting an assigned real bunk in the overcrowded men's dorm.... laced with bedbugs....