It’s been 48 years, 10 months and 25 days since I entered MCRD, PI, SC. Seems like yesterday when I was introduced to Senior Drill Intructor SSgt. Mode, Assistant Drill Intructor SSgt. Mangrum and Assistant Drill Intructor Sgt. Dobson. It took all their expertise to make me a Marine.
SSgt. Mangrum threatened to cut off my head with his sword because I didn’t move fast enough - after we finished the forced march to Elliot’s Beach and back. I later ran into Sgt. Dobson in Okinawa and he chewed me out for calling him sir. I told him that he would always be sir to me.
Semper fi
Platoon 102
Jan-Apr 1959
I assume you DID move faster since you're still here.