I was stationed at Camp McTercus from March 1970 to March 1974. I worked for Special Services at Tin Can just below Camp Courtney. The NCOIC of Special Services was Top Walker. Walker liked to volunteer me for special assignments ranging from civilian payroll clerk, brig detail, NCOIC of the warehouse, etc., besides my regular job of Col. Wilson L. Cooks' driver.
This picture is of me in an 1847 Marine uniform. The Marine Corps Birthday ball was held at Sukiran. The Army sent a CH53 Chinook to pick-up the "volunteers" and choppered us over to Sukiran. Commandant Gen. Chapman, Asst. Commandant Gen Lew Walt, future Commandants Gen Wilson and Gen. Barrow, along with a General from the Army were in attendance. Gen Walt shook all of our hands and "shot the sh-t" with us "volunteers". Gen Walt had Mustanged from Pvt to General. He had been in the Marine Corps forever, so I asked him if he had ever worn my uniform on active duty. He chuckled and said that sometimes it feels like he had. The other volunteers held their breath until the General finished and they admonished me saying I couldn't speak like that to a General. General Walt is a Marines, Marine. I was only joking with him. He took it in stride. The photographer who took the pictures of us "volunteers" said they were going to be hung up at the Pentagon.
Semper Fi, Grit,
Sgt Angelo J. Manos (IR)