Mind if I ask what year this was in?

I arrived at PI in June, 1946. Sent to college, fall '47.
Arrived at Pensacola June 1949.

Sounds like a very interesting story.

It was a pretty standard story in those years, I think. Happened to
lots of guys.

Ya know , seems officers who served as enlisted first were better officers
and leaders, and sure had the respect of their troops more. Maybe all
officers should have to start as a private?

I don't know. I knew some very fine officers, superiors to me who, so
far as I know, had not been enlisted. Probably depends on the
individual officer's character.

vince norris