And everyone entering the service would start as a 2nd Louie
That's fascinating, because in today's, 5/2/2016, NYT Xword puzzle, the answer to 28A Superiors to sarges, was LOOIES, which is certain because LOUIES would turn YOWZA into YUWZA, which would never do for "Holy Moly!"
But that's funny because I was thinking LOUIES.
ALL of my ROK Army peers had already graduated college before being drafted. The fact that they worked besides me at I Corps headquarters means that their fathers were tycoons, generals, government officials, admirals or the like.
I recall that the US Army had classes to teach English!