US Marine Corps Base - Yearbook (Quantico, VA)

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szayy Gygax W. W. WENSINGER Lieufenanf Colonel Commanding Training Regiment IEEE IIEEEEEE EEEIEEIIS' EEESS RALPH C. ROSACKER WILLIAM D. WIGLEY BEN F. SOHN JOHN F. PAUL Second Lieufenanf Second Lieufenanf Second Lieuienani Second Lieufenanf Commanding Company E Commanding Commanding Commanding Second Plafoon, Company E Third Platoon, Company E Fourfh Platoon, Company E ELLIOTT R. DETCHON Firsf Lieufenani Commanding Company H NIEL A. WEATHERS THOMAS A. DURHAM JOHN M, BRITTON JULIUS D. DUSENBURY Second Lieufenanf Second Lieufenanf Second Lieuienam' Second Lieuienanf Commanding Company F Commanding Commanding Commanding Second Plafoon, Company F Third Piaioon, Company F Fourfh Plafoon, Company F W. PERRY, JR. Second Lieufenani Commanding Second Plaioon, Company H

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HIEEEEE EE THE IEEE EESEEEE EEEIEEES' EEESS This is The sTory oT John Doughe. Doughe, like hundreds OT oTher Americans of his age, Tinished college, wanTed To help his counTry win The war, ioined The besT TighTing ouTTiT in The world. Travel- worn buT eagerly expecTanT, he arrived aT QuanTico wiTh 385 oTher Marines-To-be on a sunny day in July, marched under a SergeanT's eagle eye To his new home, immediaTely began his Tour OT duTy as a member oT The NinTh OTTicers' CandidaTes Class. The TirsT Tew days he was conTused, exciTed, bewil- dered. Go up The ladder and geT your lockerbox and your gear, which are sTowed nexT To The bulkhead on The second deck, The SergeanT ordered gruTTly, and PFC Doughe, mouTh open, was compleTely bewildered. Then and There he sTarTed learning Marine Corps Terminology, Tound ThaT a sTairway was a ladder, a wall was a bulk- head, a Tloor was a deck, ln a Tew days, he goT The word Trom candidaTes who had served in The regular Marine Corps, began To geT squared away. BiggesT change in his physical ap- pearance occurred aT The barracks barber shop, where a callous buT eTTicienT barber gave him a Three-minuTe iob, sheared oTT The waving, golden locks, leTT him wiTh a Trim, miliTary, buT hilariously Tunny haircuT. A Trip To The quarTermasTer's Tound him wiTh an arm- Tul oT khaki, sTurdy dress and Tield shoes, Two seTs oT TenT-like dungarees, oTher necessary personal cloThing. Wearing his uniTorm proudly, buT wiTh booT wriTTen all over him, he was iniTiaTed inTo The inTricacies oT close- order drill under The sTeaming July sun, was snapped ouT oT his civilian Toolishnessn by salTy non-com in- sTrucTors. l-le learned The meaning oT by The leTT Tlank, righT oblique, and To The rear, march, learned ThaT doping OTT always goT him inTo Trouble, Tinally began To coordinaTe mind and body in drill. PFC Doughe, rapidly adapTing himselT To his new liTe, soon discovered The Trick oT geTTing all he wanTed oT whaT he wanTed aT The chow Table, Tound ThaT while civilians say, Please pass The meaT, Marines say MeaT down, which is iusT as courTeous, Twice as quick. l'lis ISU reporT To The home-TronT regarding The Tood: Chow plain, plenTiTul, and good! Classes sTarTed, and embryo-Marine Doughe heard lecTures on basic miliTary subiecTs, sTripped and reas- sembled The .45 pisTol, .03 and MI riTles, Browning auTo- maTic riTle and oTher basic inTanTry weapons. l-le as- sembled, aimed, and disassembled The Browning ma- chine gun, caliber .30, snapped To in machine gun drill when The insTrucTor ordered Fall ouT one, squirmed on his belly up To an imaginary Tiring line, helped his per- spiring buddies seT up The gun under simulaTed baTTle condiTions. MorTars, Too, came in Tor Their share oT aTTenTion. Doughe pracTiced duTies oT morTar crew members, de- veloped a subTle Touch To successTully level The Tem- peramenTal sighT bubbles, made a brieT acquainTance wiTh range Tinders and aiming circles. BiggesT bugaboo oT PrivaTe FirsT Class Doughe's ex- isTence was SaTurday inspecTion. Friday nighT was in- congruously called Tield day, when lockers, bunks, and windows were scrubbed, shoes, riTles and collar pins cleaned and polished. AT 2300 ill p. m.l Friday nighT, he was usually sTill shining, polishing, or sTudying Tor in- specTion. BuT inspecTions, wiTh Their concomiTanT pres- sure, invariably occasioned several Tunny anecdoTes. Example: one candidaTe, rigid wiTh TrighT, was asked by The inspecTing oTTicer how his riTle worked, meaning was iT bolT-operaTed or gas-operaTed. Loudly The lad re- sponded, Very well, Sir. AnoTher, asked his birThdaTe, said, April l7, l94l- l beg pardon, Sir, April l7, l942! A large parT oT Doughe's educaTion was due To The hard-boiled, buT conscienTious, eTTorTs oT The doughTy non-commissioned oTTicers. They showed him how To puT a spiT and polish gloss on his shoes, how To roll The haTed heavy marching order, how To make up his bunk, how To move on The double. They TaughT him whaT The word discipline means. l-le dropped his riTle on The deck, was prompTly ordered To carry iT on his person Tor 24 hours, was The buTT oT