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Then I got assigned to HHC, Attached to C Company, 6
th
Marines, 1 Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
st

I was assigned to an Artillery outfit. They were called
an Aviation outfit. I stayed there for a year and a
half. They had a quota for the air wing. The HHC
SSGTMG made an announcement in formation that the air
wing was doing some promotions. In the chow line, I
decided I wanted to do that. So, I volunteered to get
a quota and I got it. I was sent to Marine Corps Air
Station, New River, North Carolina. I was assigned to
a helicopter outfit.

When I went over to check-in and get acquainted with
the outfit, I was told they had five units and four
were deployed. Only one training Squadron was left.

I was assigned to HMR 263, I was told they were going
to be the training squadron for two years. There was

one quota left and that was by a correspondence course
for Administration. So, I said, “I can do that.”