[Redbob]

"...the Legend lives on and the Marines will never forget!"

That must be why the Corps mustered Hathcock out just a few days before his 20 years, so they wouldn't have to pay him a dime, not a single lousy dime, of retirement pay.

Semper f*cking Fi! Indeed!

[infowarrior]

Sorry, but he received full medical disability after his discharge, which was equal monetarily to his 20 year pension...

the infowarrior

[Flint]

That must be why the Corps mustered Hathcock out just a few days before his 20 years, so they wouldn't have to pay him a dime, not a single lousy dime, of retirement pay.

You are so wrong. A 20 year hitch is actually 19 and 6. The kept him unitl he had cleared the full retirement requirements. Don't be talking bad about my Marine Corps.