Bob Parsons

So that's how I failed the fifth grade, but I didn't have to repeat it.

So that's how I failed the fifth grade, but I didn't have to repeat it.

Yeah, and she said to me, she said, if you give me any trouble, you're going right back into the fifth grade. I said, I won't, sister. And I wish I could tell you I was a lot better. I was a little bit better, right? And I remember when I got my sixth grade grades, I showed them to my mother. And she goes, well, it's nothing to be proud of, but you did pass.

Yeah, and she said to me, she said, if you give me any trouble, you're going right back into the fifth grade. I said, I won't, sister. And I wish I could tell you I was a lot better. I was a little bit better, right? And I remember when I got my sixth grade grades, I showed them to my mother. And she goes, well, it's nothing to be proud of, but you did pass.

Yeah, and she said to me, she said, if you give me any trouble, you're going right back into the fifth grade. I said, I won't, sister. And I wish I could tell you I was a lot better. I was a little bit better, right? And I remember when I got my sixth grade grades, I showed them to my mother. And she goes, well, it's nothing to be proud of, but you did pass.

And I like it better when you get a report card. I said, so do I, Mom.

And I like it better when you get a report card. I said, so do I, Mom.

And I like it better when you get a report card. I said, so do I, Mom.

I got interested in the Marine Corps one day at the end of gym class. I was a senior. It was probably March or April, and I had discovered alcohol, and I had rediscovered the opposite sex. And neither have ever been known to help grades in school, right? And so I took in with that I was sure I was going to fail. I mean, at this time I wasn't going to be able to pull it off.

I got interested in the Marine Corps one day at the end of gym class. I was a senior. It was probably March or April, and I had discovered alcohol, and I had rediscovered the opposite sex. And neither have ever been known to help grades in school, right? And so I took in with that I was sure I was going to fail. I mean, at this time I wasn't going to be able to pull it off.

I got interested in the Marine Corps one day at the end of gym class. I was a senior. It was probably March or April, and I had discovered alcohol, and I had rediscovered the opposite sex. And neither have ever been known to help grades in school, right? And so I took in with that I was sure I was going to fail. I mean, at this time I wasn't going to be able to pull it off.

So I had two buddies say to me that they, you know, They were going to go talk to the Marine Corps recruiter on Conklin Street. Would I go with them? And I said, sure. I got nothing to do. So I went with them. And there was a guy named Mike and a guy named Aggie. Agaris is his name. He was a Greek guy. And we take and go meet this recruiter. And he had us at hello, buddy.

So I had two buddies say to me that they, you know, They were going to go talk to the Marine Corps recruiter on Conklin Street. Would I go with them? And I said, sure. I got nothing to do. So I went with them. And there was a guy named Mike and a guy named Aggie. Agaris is his name. He was a Greek guy. And we take and go meet this recruiter. And he had us at hello, buddy.

So I had two buddies say to me that they, you know, They were going to go talk to the Marine Corps recruiter on Conklin Street. Would I go with them? And I said, sure. I got nothing to do. So I went with them. And there was a guy named Mike and a guy named Aggie. Agaris is his name. He was a Greek guy. And we take and go meet this recruiter. And he had us at hello, buddy.

And so I joined right with the boys, right with them. And my mother had to sign the papers for me to join.

And so I joined right with the boys, right with them. And my mother had to sign the papers for me to join.

And so I joined right with the boys, right with them. And my mother had to sign the papers for me to join.

And she said, and maybe this will be what you need. And it's during the height of the Vietnam War. That was in 1968. Man, it was – the war was rocking and rolling then. And so –

And she said, and maybe this will be what you need. And it's during the height of the Vietnam War. That was in 1968. Man, it was – the war was rocking and rolling then. And so –

And she said, and maybe this will be what you need. And it's during the height of the Vietnam War. That was in 1968. Man, it was – the war was rocking and rolling then. And so –