[BwanaNdege]

"...Marine Corporal E-4...weren't in it for the gold..."

Likely story..

IIRC, Corporal's pay was $190/month, Combat Pay was $66/month, Overseas Pay was, perhaps, $11/month.

Man, we were rolling in the dough! BIG BUCKS!

Plus free C-Rats!

/s

[beelzepug]

“Man, we were rolling in the dough!”

In 1968, I was E-5, over two, married and got a separate quarters allowance. My take-home was right around $350. We ate a lot of macaroni.