Rapid deployment was not how it worked in the Marine Corps. Those who received an 0300 MOS (basic rifleman) out of boot camp were assigned to an infantry battalion after completing advanced infantry training. They went through one or two training cycles and matured their MOS to 0311 or specialties such as mortar man, machine gunner, or grenadier.
I got a 0100 MOS (admin clerk) out of boot camp because I could type 13 words a minute. It took 16 months for me to get my orders to Nam. I was there in "66 and all of "67 in different locations below the DMZ.
I was the company clerk in I Co, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines. We had 21 KIA and several DOW (died of wounds) while I was there. Several hundred total casualties.
The memorial came to my town about 15 years later. I am embarrassed to say I couldn"t find a single name that I should have remembered. I knew them all by face and name. I processed their final paperwork which can get very involved if the Marine was recommended for a decoration . I even signed a number of witness statements at the Graves Registration tent.
I suppose my brain wanted to forget those experiences and it did. I can remember many of my grade school classmates as well as high school. I can even tell you who my drill instructors were and some of the training platoon recruits at Parris Island.
This post was edited by Wardner at 19:41:44 06/11/10.
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