I enlisted at age 17, on 20 July 1956. Following
boot camp and 2nd ITR Camp, San Onofre, came Base Communications, Communications Section 2nd ITR, Communications Section HQ Btry, 11th Marines, all aboard Camp Pendleton, CA. Follow release from active duty in 1956, I served in the Organized Marine Corps Reserve until retiring in 1986 as a M/Sgt.
I am in the second row down from the top, far right.
I visited MCRD in 1986 and stood on the yellow footprints one more time.