Back in '68 (right after Tet) I had four older HS friends who got in trouble. They were caught stealing batteries off construction equipment to sell for beer money. Next day they went before the County Judge ( Liberty co. CT House) and they had a choice....either the work farm Prison out at SugarLand (sort of SW of Houston) or the Marine Corp. All four went to Nam and all four served in combat and very well. Two Bronze Stars and one Silver Star, which is tough to get in the MC! They were getting out right when I was going in (but I went Army) I won't say they adjusted well to civilian life, but they did adjust w/o going to prison for anything, ha. There were alot of guys like that back then, at least where I came from.
Last edited by Jim_Knight; 08/12/22.
