It's hard to imagine giving up precious summer mornings to sit in a classroom and learn to use a typewriter, but many of us did suffer through "aaaa", "ffff", "gggg" and more as we took our typing "basic training."

Post libraries provided a quiet, organized place to learn more about the world, work on term papers, find a novel to read or check out the latest Playboy centerfold.

When life revolves around conformity and obeying all the rules—all the time—what happens to those who try to buck the system on a military base?

In the spring of 1974, while attending Frankfurt American High School, in Frankfurt, Germany, many students were introduced—or exposed—to a new cultural phenomenon called "streaking".

I'm not sure if it was a protest against conformity, the Viet Nam war, or a combination of hormones, impending graduation stress and simply a temporary lapse of judgment teenagers are prone to—or all of the above.