Pictures from Plt. 191, which formed at Parris Island 14 December 1963. I checked the Viet Nam Memorial, and none of my three Drill Instructors was listed as KIA. Letcher E. Asher was my 17 y.o. bunkmate, whom we shephered through Boot Camp as he still needed to grow up, only to learn that he shot off his toe with an M-1 blank at RTR. Alton B. Biggs is deceased. John Tracy had a law degree, served six months active duty and returned to Colorado to practice law. Two of the guys went AWOL after we got to Lejeune, were caught in North Mississippi and returned to Lejeune. J.E.
Gardner had turned 17 a couple of days before we left. He was incredulous that the Drill Instructors would actually beat us. Bet me a dollar I was lying. He was the first man to be beaten. He was famous for being forced to eat a perfumed letter from his girlfriend after the Drill Instructors gave him sufficient time to stop her from sending them. He came home to Mississippi, married the little girl and was playing in a Rock band in the 60's. I returned to college, served 12 years in the USMCR and am active in the Marine Corps League now.
Lamar Reynolds