Robert Medley:  

Life I left McCormick in early 1944 I think.I was half way through the 10th grade.My cousin Billy Ray Medley and I rode the bus from Tulot.He quit school about the same time.He still lives at Tulot.He went in the Army in 1951 and was in the 7th Division,32d Infantry Regiment.He was a Platoon SGT. though a draftee.He was wounded leading his PLT. in an attack.I was in Korea at the same time with "C" CO. 7th Marine RGT. 1st Marine Division. I had gone into the Army in 1945 at 16 years of age. At Jump School in 1946 at FT.Benning I took and passed a GED test.The U.of Arkansas accepted it for Admission in 1949.When the Korean Police Action looked like it would last a while I decided to join the Marines in September 1950.I came back to U of A in 1952 and left again in 1953 for two more years in the Marines.I enlisted for Sea Duty.I had been stationed in Japan with the 11th Airborne Division for two years,then in Korea.I wanted to see Europe.Then back to Fayetteville and finally graduated 26 January 1957. I was a shy boy who seldom spoke unless spoken to.I remember a boy in my class named Parrish.An older boy,n...Expand for more