[hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998]

MCRD San Diego, circa 1969, out of 75 recruits in our squad, about 30 graduated. heh heh..

[oh8eleven]

MCRD San Diego, circa 1969, out of 75 recruits in our squad, about 30 graduated.
Really? This is 1969, VN is still raging and they need boo-koo warm bodies for VN. Dumping almost half the platoon doesn't make much sense.
Then again, this is the time period for Project 100,000 where they really scraped the bottom of the draftee barrel, so who knows?