It was the typical muggy Camp Geiger night, I had the luck of being ROOD, Regimental Officer of the Day. I had our driver get us out of the hootch and we drove around in the night killing time. As it happened we went down one of the many back roads that criss crossed the camp and came up on a "suspicious" vehicle parked under some trres. We approached the car and was unable to see in, so we knocked on the driver's window. A young lady partially dressed rolled it down abd looked at me and said " What do you want?" Being overly impressed with myself that we finally had something to do I asked her and the companion to exit the vehicle. I was surprised to see LCPL Marvin H. Perkins pulling up his trousers and looking at me, as he was a machine gunner in my Weapons Platoon 2/8! I had to laugh inside as we were close to shipping over to the Root as it was a last good-bye for him and whoever she was. I could not help but envy him and had to tell them to shove off for a more private place.
We did ship out in Oct '83 and after Grenada landed in Beirut, Perkins was with his squad in an OP by the Coke factory when they took a direct hit from a mortar on Dec 4 1983. Everyone was killed.
Wow, have not thought about that for awhile, just glad he got that last one in at Geiger. I have good memories of my guys and go back there often when I can.
Lest we forget.
B.W. Thompson