Richard Meech:
CLASS OF 1968
Staples High SchoolClass of 1968
Staples, MN
Richard's Story
RIGHT AFTER GRADUATION GARY WENTWORTH AND I WENT TO CALIF.TO MARINE RECRUITING DEPOT SAN DIEGO CALIF.WE WENT THROUGH 18 WEEKS OF BOOT CAMP.UPON GRADUATION GARY BECAME AN 0311 WHICH WAS A GRUNT,I BECAME A 0846 WHICH WAS A FIELD ARTILLERY SCOUT OBSERVER.I WENT TO CAMP PENDLETON FOR I.T.R.THEN HOME ON LEAVE.GARY AND I GOT SPLIT UP AND I WENT MY OWN WAY...Expand for more
.THEN AFTER LEAVE I REPORTED TO MY M.O.S.SCHOOL.I WENT TO BOOT CAMP 5'11"AND WEIGHED IN AT 110#.WITHIN 10 YEARS I GREW TO 6'1"AND WEIGHED 300#.AND I REALLY LOVED THE CORPS.THERE WERE MANY WHO TOLD ME I WOULD NEVER MAKE IT.WELL,IT WAS A STRUGGLE FOR ME BUT,I MADE IT NOT ONLY DID I MAKE IT BUT,I HAD TOP MARKS AND MADE E-3 ONE WEEK AFTER BEING MADE Pfc.
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