-> -=> FRANK SCHEIDT wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-   
   ->    
   ->  -> And Marines are still amphibious assault troops - not infantry! Even   
   if   
   ->  -> they do perform some infantry functions.   
   ->    
   ->  FS> Marines are what are known as "shock troops", IOW they're totally   
   ->  FS> disposable.   
   ->    
   -> What a shocking thing to say. Although, I agree on the disposable.   
      
   Immediately after Pearl Harbor I decided to join the Marines.  That would   
   have been a terrible mistake since I tend to avoid fighting, preferring to   
   negotiate.  What got into me at the time was the general patriotism   
   following the attack on Pearl Harbor.  I would have been the only Marine in   
   the Corps attempting to negotiate with the Japanese ... I can almost hear   
   the Japanese troops now as they see me, "Negotiate?  Hell no!  Shoot that   
   round-eyed sucker!!" (In Japanese, of course)    
      
   Fortunately before I had a chance to go to Chicago to enlist in the   
   Marines, the US Army made changes in their requirements for Aviation Cadet   
   training.  I decided to go that route and, fortunately, dropped the Marine   
   move.   
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