[LadyX]

You have to know that at 32 I still was a bit naive, fairly sheltered growing up, but learned quickly on my feet that day..:))

As for what led me to go into The Corps, it was a combination of Super Patriotism from being a child during WWII - plus not wanting to go to the college where my mother graduated and two older sister went - at the time, still For Women Only!
Surely a fate worse than death - LOL

Just wasn't geared to that, although I was an "A" student, and planned to get some college while in and finish afterward.

On the strength of recommendations by my high school principal and my pastor, and their observations of me in my training (was Right Guide for a platoon of 72 women), they sent me straight from Basic Training to the Classroom teaching women recruits.
At just barely 18, instructed 60 to 120 women per class, and loved it!

I was fortunate to have had that experience, during the greatest buildup in Marine Corps History, by the way.

[Fred Mertz]

Hi hon. I read your accounts on this thread. Very impressive as always. Yes, I'm doing fine too.

[Calpernia]

Wish I lived closer to you. I would love to bring my kids over for cookies and milk to listen to stories. You not only have stories; but you tell them well.