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Tankeryanker · 09-17-2018, 08:59 PM

Do we know what his job is as a civilian?

Back in WWII could you be an engineer without the degree? Could he have been one thing in the service and something different afterward?

Did he go to college before the war or after?

Scrabjan1 · 09-18-2018, 03:34 PM

Don’t know but in several episodes he appears to be in marketing and later has a plaque on the wall about the stock exchange. Always talks about the home office. Like a lot of GI’s Ward probably went to college on the GI bill.

Torgo · 09-18-2018, 03:39 PM

Didn't Ward and June meet in college? And Ward had June's pictures and letters from when he was a Seabee...

Tankeryanker · 09-18-2018, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Torgo

Didn't Ward and June meet in college? And Ward had June's pictures and letters from when he was a Seabee...

Yes, so it was college before the war. Why would they place him as an engineer if he went to college for marketing?

Chip J · 09-19-2018, 01:34 PM

I think he said in one of the episodes he had gone to school to be an engineer. Not sure why he would chose finance for civilian life instead of engineering; maybe he felt it offered more stable situation job wise. It's really hard to say.

stevea · 09-19-2018, 06:27 PM

I think this background came out in "Beaver's Hero." This is probably the episode where Ward explains it to Beaver.

This is another episode where Beaver is on a spot at school, this time having gotten into trouble bragging about his father's war heroics. Ward calls Mr. "Andy" Willet and explains, and Willet changes the subject in the classroom, saving Beaver a lot of embarrassment.

Tankeryanker · 09-19-2018, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by stevea

I think this background came out in "Beaver's Hero." This is probably the episode where Ward explains it to Beaver.

Yes! This is where I learned it from. Ward says that he was put in the place he would do the most good and I thought that he did not say he was put where he was trained, so it started me thinking if he went to school for engineering or something else.

Scrabjan1 · 09-22-2018, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by stevea

I think this background came out in "Beaver's Hero." This is probably the episode where Ward explains it to Beaver.

This is another episode where Beaver is on a spot at school, this time having gotten into trouble bragging about his father's war heroics. Ward calls Mr. "Andy" Willet and explains, and Willet changes the subject in the classroom, saving Beaver a lot of embarrassment.

Those episodes you describe are one and the same. Beaver’s Hero where Beaver hopes he can find weapons in his war chest that prove he was a hero. When he finds he only measured dirt and gets a call from blond Mr. W to bring in souvenirs he knows he bit off more than he could chew.

stevea · 09-22-2018, 10:41 AM

I was saying it was one of several episodes where Beaver gets in trouble by bragging or lying at school. Like saying he had a parrot, or writing his essay about June from a TV interview.

Scrabjan1 · 09-23-2018, 08:04 PM

Oh I see. Yeah Beaver really liked to embellish knowing he would have to eat crow.

09-17-2018, 08:59 PM	#1
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,051	Ward was an engineer in the seabees Do we know what his job is as a civilian? Back in WWII could you be an engineer without the degree? Could he have been one thing in the service and something different afterward? Did he go to college before the war or after?

09-18-2018, 03:39 PM	#3
Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,037	Didn't Ward and June meet in college? And Ward had June's pictures and letters from when he was a Seabee...
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09-18-2018, 03:34 PM	#2
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Don’t know but in several episodes he appears to be in marketing and later has a plaque on the wall about the stock exchange. Always talks about the home office. Like a lot of GI’s Ward probably went to college on the GI bill.

09-19-2018, 01:34 PM	#5
Chip J Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 04, 2018 Location: Virginia Posts: 40	I think he said in one of the episodes he had gone to school to be an engineer. Not sure why he would chose finance for civilian life instead of engineering; maybe he felt it offered more stable situation job wise. It's really hard to say.

09-19-2018, 06:27 PM	#6
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,791	I think this background came out in "Beaver's Hero." This is probably the episode where Ward explains it to Beaver. This is another episode where Beaver is on a spot at school, this time having gotten into trouble bragging about his father's war heroics. Ward calls Mr. "Andy" Willet and explains, and Willet changes the subject in the classroom, saving Beaver a lot of embarrassment.

09-22-2018, 10:41 AM	#9
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,791	I was saying it was one of several episodes where Beaver gets in trouble by bragging or lying at school. Like saying he had a parrot, or writing his essay about June from a TV interview.

09-23-2018, 08:04 PM	#10
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Oh I see. Yeah Beaver really liked to embellish knowing he would have to eat crow.