Bob Parsons

I went and showed all my teachers when I finally got my orders because the Marine Corps recruiter said, you know, we check your grades and this and that and the other thing, you know, and, you know, we won't take you unless you're top notch and so forth. And so I thought, you know, probably not get in, but I'll do it anyhow. Well,

I went and showed all my teachers when I finally got my orders because the Marine Corps recruiter said, you know, we check your grades and this and that and the other thing, you know, and, you know, we won't take you unless you're top notch and so forth. And so I thought, you know, probably not get in, but I'll do it anyhow. Well,

I went and showed all my teachers when I finally got my orders because the Marine Corps recruiter said, you know, we check your grades and this and that and the other thing, you know, and, you know, we won't take you unless you're top notch and so forth. And so I thought, you know, probably not get in, but I'll do it anyhow. Well,

I could have had no head, and they'd have took me back during those days. And so, you know, I got accepted, and there you go.

I could have had no head, and they'd have took me back during those days. And so, you know, I got accepted, and there you go.

I could have had no head, and they'd have took me back during those days. And so, you know, I got accepted, and there you go.

Yeah, I thought I was. And then, you know, like the idiots that young guys can be, you know, we all said, man, we hope it's not over until we get there. And, well, we got our wish.

Yeah, I thought I was. And then, you know, like the idiots that young guys can be, you know, we all said, man, we hope it's not over until we get there. And, well, we got our wish.

Yeah, I thought I was. And then, you know, like the idiots that young guys can be, you know, we all said, man, we hope it's not over until we get there. And, well, we got our wish.

I was 17, yeah.

I was 17, yeah.

I was 17, yeah.

0311, buddy. Nice. Is the number familiar?

0311, buddy. Nice. Is the number familiar?

0311, buddy. Nice. Is the number familiar?

Yeah, I was in 0311. Aggie was in 0311. Michael was in 0311. And then crazy shit happens and we come home. Aggie gets in a tussle at a bar his mother owns, gets stabbed to death. So he never even went. And then me and Mike went. I went to Delta Company, 26 Marines. We were in Quang Nam Province. And then Mike, he went to the 1st Marine somewhere. And I don't see him anymore. And there we go.

Yeah, I was in 0311. Aggie was in 0311. Michael was in 0311. And then crazy shit happens and we come home. Aggie gets in a tussle at a bar his mother owns, gets stabbed to death. So he never even went. And then me and Mike went. I went to Delta Company, 26 Marines. We were in Quang Nam Province. And then Mike, he went to the 1st Marine somewhere. And I don't see him anymore. And there we go.

Yeah, I was in 0311. Aggie was in 0311. Michael was in 0311. And then crazy shit happens and we come home. Aggie gets in a tussle at a bar his mother owns, gets stabbed to death. So he never even went. And then me and Mike went. I went to Delta Company, 26 Marines. We were in Quang Nam Province. And then Mike, he went to the 1st Marine somewhere. And I don't see him anymore. And there we go.

Yeah. You know, one thing I'll say is, you know, it was... You know, they did more for me than I ever did for them. And everything I ever accomplished, ever accomplished, I'd have never done it without the Marine Corps because they give me direction. They give me the importance of understanding responsibility.

Yeah. You know, one thing I'll say is, you know, it was... You know, they did more for me than I ever did for them. And everything I ever accomplished, ever accomplished, I'd have never done it without the Marine Corps because they give me direction. They give me the importance of understanding responsibility.