ARMY DAYS VIII

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the next day we were broken into segments: company, platoon, squad, whatever.  the big guys were selected as leaders, of course.  its the army, stupid.  if their delegated powers were not enough they could always knock you on your ass.  a very sensible method.

we had short guys, tall guys, weak guys, strong guys, guys without many teeth, guys who couldn't read or write (from new jersey).  our most famous guy slept two bunks from me, frank ryff (" ... In 1950 Frankie Ryff of the PAL won the New York Daily News Golden Gloves' open championship at featherweight ...") .  another one, a big guy claimed he had sex with [movie star- name deleted}.  i believe him.  she probably forgot him during or shortly after whatever.

being out of condition and having worked in an (ugh) office it was at least a week before i walked comfortably with my pack and boots and stuff.

(to be continued)

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