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Glenn,

Way back when, I was thinking about joining the Air Force to become a pilot. I wanted to know whether I could pass the vision requirements before I even tried. On a lark, I walked into my dad's Ophthalmologist office and the doctor just happened to be at the receptionist's desk. I asked him about this and he volunteered to give me a free eye exam. I never even identified my self, he was doing this for someone who just wanted to go fly. During the exam he determined that I had excellent vision (20/15), but he said that he could detect a slight astigmatism in my left eye. He went to his filing cabinet (this was in 1959) and dug around a bit, and then asked me if I was the son of one of his patients, and he pulled out my father's card! The 20/15 comment came about when he had me read the smallest projected chart, and I could read it completely, and I even commented that I thought there was a much smaller number in the lower right corner of the image, and I thought it said "15G" or something (I have forgotten the exact slide number - that was a looong time ago and that number was not important). The doctor had to walk half way up to the screen to verify that I was correct!

I have never forgotten that doctors name, Dr John E. VanSuch.

Oh, By the way, the doctors office was just around the corner from the military recruiting office.

Dave
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