TWS Member Comment

TWS has expertly "drawn out" memories and recollections of past events and years in the Corps. It is amazing how one topic leads into another - hidden vignettes seem to multiply - and rekindle occasions that made an impact on you, for better or worse. done or seen until way after the fact. Some small event or funny remembrance will 'hop up' in your mind, and it expands from there. Names, faces, places, and even the most insignificant happening - can rekindle memories from the past. For example, while at The Basic School, the TBS staff often sought volunteers to host visiting dignitaries, which volunteers didn't overrun. In a moment of weakness, I said, " Why not" and volunteered to be the host for a speaker, MGen Fontana, who was the CG, 2dMAW. The hosting consisted of keeping the general amused, and his drink refilled, and probably did not last over 2 hours. It just so happened that he was a most charming and extremely congenial individual, and I had a good evening (doing what no one else had wanted to do.)

LtCol Carl McClain US Marine Corps (Ret)
Served 1966-1992