Most vets I know are headcases and child molesters. And I think I know Bruce Campbells Chin. In fact, I think he is only vet I know.
Lol. It’s true I don’t know many ex-Marines. Sometimes you know them, but don’t know you know them. A church I used to go to had, on one occasion, people stand up according to their branch of service. I was surprised at which men were Marines, and had never mentioned it.
I have only knowingly interacted with an ex-Marine on a close basis once before this. He was one of the most wonderful and amazing human beings I have ever met. [This all happened when I was a child, btw; he lived next door.]
I’ll never forget how I learned he was a Marine. My little friend and I—we were around ten—were practicing a baton routine while singing the Marine theme song. When we were ready for an audience, we performed for ‘Mugs’. We didn’t know why he cried (though he barely showed it—just a slight misting up).
Later my father explained he was an ex-Marine.