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About the same time there was an asst DI at Parris Island who clearly had seen to much combat (3 tours) but he was also super Marine having been awarded the Navy Cross and two Silver Stars. He enjoyed brutal back of the barracks beat downs on smaller guys (thing about Viets I guess). One basic platoon had a black recruit who was a real moose. When the Ast DI told a very small and intimidate white recruit to fall out for ‘private instruction’ Pvt Moose also, after waiting about five minutes, moseyed behind the barracks. Cpl Psycho was having his fun until then. The Moose ended Psycho's reign of terror and marine Corps career. He smashed most of the facial bones, broke the collar bone in multiple places, fractured ribs, and smashed Psycho's right arm so badly he would never lift it above his chest again.

Now for the disgusting part, sort of. Pvt Moose was brought up on courts marshal and the board was brass heavy. They awarded Moose 6 months in the brig and a fine. End of story. Everybody in the battalion and the brass at regiment knew about Cpl Psycho, but no one would take action against a ‘highly decorated combat veteran.

I know enough about the Marines that I'm not surprised that Cpl Psycho existed or surprised by what happened to Pvt Moose.Our Sgt Psycho told us about his tours in Vietnam and I remember that he had a Combat Infantry Badge...which you don't get by being a supply clerk at Fort Benning.

Who knows what kind of guy Cpl Psycho...or Sgt Psycho...was before Vietnam? But I've heard it said that combat has a way of changing a guy...often not for the better.

P.S., I just checked my BCT "Yearbook" and see that in addition to his Combat Infantry Badge our Sgt Psycho had about a half dozen other ribbons...don't know what any of them stand for but it's unlikely that any of them were a Good Conduct Medal.