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The Christmas Platoon

The Christmas Platoon

I have written a book called “The Christmas Platoon”. Available at Amazon, it is the true story of Platoon 1133 which was formed at San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot just before Christmas 1971. I was 4th Squad Leader and having grown up on a dairy farm in Southwest Oklahoma, even boot camp was like a vacation from milking 100 head of dairy cows twice a day and feeding and herding them. This book offers humorous descriptions of what many civilians will no doubt see as outrageous events and psychological explanations of how Marine boot camp training historically has so thoroughly molded Marines for life! Marines will laugh out loud as they read it and civilians may gasp and shake their heads, but that is no surprise for Marines! I am Bruce C. Fisher and was trained at Quantico as a computer operator back when they were the size of a refrigerator. The first one was an IBM 1401 with a whopping 17K RAM.
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Jim Barber - April 23, 2020

Bruce, I have written a similar book titled “SH*TBIRD! How I Learned To Love The Corps!.” It differs in that it has more than 90 first person accounts by Marines from all over the country about very funny experiences they had during boot camp. It was so much fun collecting these accounts from these old jarheads that I’m now in the process of trying to collect more. If you have an especially funny story you’d like to share let me know at http://www.bootcampstories2@gmail. I attribute all stories to the contributor and include his date of enlistment, platoon number, duty station (MCRDSD or MCRDPI) and boot camp blues picture if available. Semper Fi, Jim Barber, Plt. 324, March 6, 1958, MCRDSD.

Tommy Taylor - April 23, 2020

My Dad 1Sgt Claude Taylor arrived at San Diego marine recruit depot around 12/20/54. His Drill instructor was sgt potet,was an Indian,maybe Navajo. Told them they had to be scumbags,no one else would show up at Christmas time. This was the Start his 20 year Marine Corps service!!

David Chilbert - April 23, 2020

Bruce Fisher, You must have been right behind me.. PLT 1055 in MCRD SD then off to Quantico CSS for IBM 360 training. Then to Cherry Point to work as a computer operator. I am still working in the computer field as a support engineer. Semper Fi

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