A LESSON LEARNED

IT WAS A HOT SUMMER DAY IN 1967 AT BASIC TRAINING, FORT LEONARD WOOD MO.

ABOUT MID-WAY THROUGH TRAINING, THE DI'S DECIDED TO GIVE US A BRAKE. THEY UNLOCKED THE 3.2 BEER DISPENSARY IN THE RECREATION ROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME.

OF COURSE, LIKE MOST, I STARTED DRINKING ONE CAN AFTER ANOTHER. I GUESS ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO LATER THEY HAD US FALL OUT FOR FORMATION AT ATTENTION. IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS FOR HOURS!

I, FOR ONE, WAS FEELING THE BEER AND PROBABLY WEAVING BACK AND FORTH. ONE DI STOOD IN FRONT OF ME AND ASK IF I WAS FEELING SICK, AND MAYBE I DRANK TOO MANY BEERS. I REPLIED BY HEAVING ALL OVER HIS BOOTS!

OF COURSE I HAD ALOT OF EXTRA DETAILS BECAUSE OF THAT EXPERIENCE. I GUESS THIS MUST HAVE BEEN PART OF THEIR TRAINING.

MICHAEL D FOULK, STAUNTON, ILLINOIS

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