A US Army Soldier was serving in Panama when he met his wife. Not long after Charles and Belky got married, they had a son and named him Charles Arthur Temm. The couple returned to the US with young Charles.
Like many "Army Brats," Charles grew up in Germany, Georgia, and North Carolina, where his father was based.
US Army SFC Chales A. Temm on Fort Bragg, NC
looks at a can of Coca-Cola on Dec 11, 2020, and talks about
a HS experiment: photo by Sharon Matthias
Charles talked about visiting relatives every year in Panama with his mother, and she gave gave him Coca-Cola.
"My Mom gave it to me as a kid, that was my go-to drink in Panama, in the glass bottles, and I drank it like water," said Charles.
Charles' father eventually retired from the Military, bought a house in Alabama, and there the teenager attended Beauregard High School.
In a Science Lab project, young Charles' had his first lesson, which took him by surprise.to learn, that his favorite drink, Coca-Cola, can be used for something very unusual.
"I remembered taking coke outside in a dish," said Charles. “The ants drank it and died; I think it was too much sugar for them."
That experiment opened the teenager's awareness of the product; then, he began hearing Coca-Cola can be applied for multipurpose tasks.
"I started hearing parents and teachers talking about using it to clean glass," said Charles.
At the age of 18, Charles followed in his father's footprint and enlisted in the US Army as an Infantryman. During his service, he heard other Soldiers talked about using Coca-Cola to remove acid corrosion built up on vehicle batteries and to clean cooper.
Now, the rank of Sergeant First Class, 17 years of service, and the father of two teenage daughters, Charles passed the knowledge about Coca-Cola onto them.
"I talked to them about using Coca-Cola to clean the battery poles and coins, but they never used it for that; all they do is drink it," said Charles.
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