Platoon 233 San Diego 1953 one of the worst things happened to me (Pvt. John Daly) during mail call. Our DI Sgt. R. D. Harrington called my name with the dreaded words "get up here". I had to stand on two locker boxes stacked on each other while Sgt. Harrington read the words on the flap of a letter from my girlfriend. "postman, postman, due your duty, rush this letter to my cutie". From that day on I became Pvt. Cutie at roll call and every other event where my name was used. I wrote my girlfriend and told her NEVER put anything on the outside of her envelopes again. I have scanned a picture of Platoon 233 and attached it to this e-mail. We are all in our 70s now and I would like to hear from any members of the platoon that are still alive.
God Bless the Marine Corps.
John Daly, 1412090 proud to be a MARINE