When his wages were spent, he borrowed and scrounged for money. The casings are sometimes recycled from scrounged US or NATO military brass casings. He scrounged parts from garbage cans to assemble a first crystal set. The men quickly herded cattle in the Alamo and scrounged for food in nearby houses. Nichols scrounged up a tank transporter and retrieved a stranded T-34 while under fire. Tuck assembled a small team, and using scrounged parts, built the first Perhapsatron in 1952/53. He scrounged parts from Seaside Auto Wreckers, operated by Vick Irvan (father of Ernie Irvan). He scrounged for orders, eventually producing furniture frames for upholstered sofas and box springs. Chapman fought alone, killing enemy fighters with scrounged weapons and in hand-to-hand combat. Daktib scrounged two groundballs in a 14-8 win over No. 11 North Carolina (3/24).