Your story is compelling, especially in light of the thread we are on, and could serve as a part of a home page if you were a mind to have one.
I’ve been doing some simple math, which is pretty much the only math I do.
Looks to me like we are both April ‘98 inductees to FR. Not necessarily math related.
While I was trying to get through college so I could be an Air Force pilot, you were getting married and congratulations on 63 years.
Now the math part. If you went into the Marine Corps at eighteen, you have to be approaching or perhaps already past a very big life anniversary. I might be a youngster by comparison.
Born 1933...
Still kicking...