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Combat vet watches Marine recruits tested at Camp Pendleton
Official records of McClure's military record show he served in the Army from Jan 1957 to May 1960. He went AWOL at least twice and was convicted of felony drug possession His military occupation was aircraft maintenance and radar operator. He was never in the Marine Corps and never served in Vietnam and is not a combat vet.— June 22, 2018 11:08 a.m.
Combat vet watches Marine recruits tested at Camp Pendleton
This is from the Boot: The patrol leader raises his hand in the signal to stop and freeze. Oh Christ! Are we in a minefield? I experience a momentary flashback. Nicaragua, 1985: I lose seven people in a Sandinista minefield as we infiltrate through a cacao grove just across the Costa Rican border. The Czechoslovakian anti-personnel devices rip apart two of our comrades, splattering us with limbs, blood, and viscera. One of the casualties is a beautiful young Costa Rican girl who had volunteered to join the contra forces of Comandante Fernando “El Negro” Chamorro. Ignoring my shouted command to stop, her boyfriend and four other Nicas rush forward and meet the same fate. The man standing beside me is hit in the face with a severed arm. He quits on the spot — throws down his rifle and starts walking back to the border. I hear him mutter the Spanish equivalent of “Take this job and shove it.” Yeah, well, what can I say? War is heck. McClure has exactly the same story in "Soldier Without Fortune" except the story is told to him by a contra when discussing thing that happened when McClure was not in Central America— July 11, 2017 3:28 p.m.