Was at middle camp in comm sec hdqts 9th, in 1957,after my time down in Yokosuka with Charlie Amtracs. The CORKY story was well known to all of us.So too many similar ones about other former POWs who had come back to Japan as victors.God bless them and the common sense Officers who looked out for them. I,as a PFC twice type,could have used the help of an Officer like that once or twice:15 days in the Mcgill brig for being 15 minutes late. On getting out I was just twice as onery.And afterward gave em real solid reasons to send me back in again. One of the respodents to the CORKEY story remarked that it was Marines such as Corkey upon which the Corps can proudly reflect.That goes for that Officer that Corkey served under too.By the way,I had joined at 16 with a bit of help from a city hall clerk,in chicago, who made-over my birth cert. for me. Once I got to Japan,so young,I did not have the sense to realize I had turned-up in heaven. It would take a few years to know I had drawn the best duty in the whole world. Please Lord,give us the secret to that TIME MACHINE!!
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