Previously Held NEC 00E-Unknown NEC/Rate
HN-0000-Hospitalman
HM-8404-Medical Field Service Technician/FMF Combat Corpsman
HM-8406-Aerospace Medical Technician
Chain of Command "D" Company Commander - Capt Peter Beck 1/2 Battalion Commander - LtCol Paul Graham Graham (later BGEN then Mayor of Oceanside, CA)
Other Memories While languishing and working for the Police Sgt in the barracks, a friend from Field Med School came to visit and asked me if I wanted to swap assignments. He was assigned to 'D' Co., 1st Bn, 2nd Marines. He was married and his wife was expecting a baby. 1/2 was scheduled for a Med float and he wanted to be home for the birth of his child. I thought it over for about 2 seconds. We ran our chits through and the swap was made. Up until that time I hated everything Green (Marine Corps). I was assigned to Weapons Platoon and once again became a 'real' corpsman. My senior HM was J. J. O'Neil. I truly enjoyed the next 8 months with 'D' Co. After the float, I was reassigned to 'C' Co., as the senior corpsman until I transferred.
