Thanks Guys and Thanks Uncle Sam...

And thank you Thom for an excellant post!

You and some of the others that go back to that era kind of
remind me of the old phrase... "back when men where made
of steel and ships were made of wood"... if you get my drift.

Such as "jlr" I paid my dues much later on... but damn lucky...
went in after Korea and out before Nam. Benefited from the GI
Bill as well... which I appreciated.

Respectfully

Bill

(U.S. Marines '56 to '59... Mike Company... the now infamous(?)
3rd Bat 1st Mar Reg 1st Mar Div)