Semper Fidelis!

     Checking in at the auto dealer for an oil change the service writer saw my Marine cap and said "Semper Fi" the traditional greeting between Marines. The Marine Corps motto "Semper Fidelis" is Latin for 'always faithful.' 

    The service writer and I began comparing notes. Stationed at Camp Pendleton? Check! Cold weather training at Bridgeport, CA? Check!  We both learned to ski on snowshoes. Transferred to Okinawa? Check. Stationed at Camp Hansen? Check. He was quite impressed that our battalion was the first to occupy Hansen, that in 1962. There wasn't much near the camp in 1962 and now there's much development. Cold weather training in Japan by Mt. Fuji? Check? At sea for an extended period as mobile strike force? Check. We were on different ships. The USS Princeton was my ship and he mentioned his but I don't remember it. His discharge was about ten years ago. mine 63 years in June 😀

   Could it be that this Marine connection facilitated the completion of the service work on the car an hour earlier than predicted?

Takk for alt,

Al

     Marines in cold weather training, near Bridgeport, CA. Do you wish you were there?