Just read some stories about MOS's. I got my draft notice in ’67 and didn’t want to be running through rice paddies with a rifle, so I went down to the recruiting office, at that time all the services had one office. Sorry to admit it but the first recruiter I spoke to was the Air Force. He told me I would have to wait about two months before I could get in but my draft notice was for about one month. I walked over to the Navy Recruiter and he told me about six weeks. I spun my chair around and there was the Marine recruiter, smiling and saying, “I can have you in, in two weeks”. I asked him about schools and was told if I enlist for four years I’ll be guaranteed a school. I asked him if there was anything with photography and was told about aerial photography school, but no guarantee! I went to school in Memphis for electronics, and then to Pensacola for photo school. I served in aerial photographic reconnaissance squadrons VMCJ’s 1, 2, and 3 with an MOS of 6271. I’ve been working in photo and electronics for all of my civilian life. God bless the USMC.
Frank Guelpa