‘Duck’

My worst memory of boot camp was crawling under barbed wire at the same time 30 and 50-caliber machine guns were being fired over our heads.
My fondest memory was after 10 weeks of boot camp, my two drill instructor made us “duck walk” with our seabags full of clothes to the gate and telling them goodbye. Just 25 days later, I met one in Korea, and I was damn glad to see him again.
It was the best training I ever had to keep me alive. I’m glad I am an ex-Marine; they made a man out of me.

« Previous story
Next story »