Franklin Norton:  

S NEAR KADENA AIR BASE AND THE K-9 BASE.I WAS THERE 18 MONTHS.MOST OF THE TIME WAS ENJOYABLE.I WAS NOT A NEAT FREAK AND COULD NOT STAND THE JUNK ON THE BUNK INSPECTIONS. TO ME IT WAS ALL FOR NOTHING FIRST THE LT.WOULD MESS YOUR CLOTHES UP YOU STRAIGHTENED EVERY THING THEN THE CAPT. CAME AND MESSED IT AGAIN. BY THE TIME THE GENERAL CAME HE DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT YOUR GEAR.USUALLY HE ONLY ASKED YOU A QUESTION (ARE YOU WRITING HOME?) AND WENT TO THE NEXT BUNK. I WENT TO THE PHILLIPINES FOR A MONTH. WE STAYED IN TENTS.ON THE WAY BACK WE CRUISED BACK AND FORTH ABOUT A MILE OFF THE SORES OF LEBONON IN CASE OF TROUBLE THERE.WE PRACTICED SHOOTING GUNS EVERY DAY WE MUST HAVE KILLED A LOT OF FISH. I RETURNED TO CAMP LEJUENE IWAS TRANSFERED TO BATTERY FIRE CONTROL (BFC) BUT STILL WITH 155 HOWITZERS. I WAS DISCHARGED AS A PFC IN AUG 1959. I WAS IN L-4 12 3RD MARINES IN OKINAWA FRANKLIN E NORTON JR.