Ciao dalla Palermo Sicilia. USMC 64--68. Vietnam March 65--66. Here's a real kicker. Christmas Eve 1965. 20 years old. And hearing all of those Christmas songs from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole's the Christmas song, It's a marsh mellow World, Elvis and Blue Christmas. Well, you talk about some really teary - eyed Marines. But we made the best of it. And when the beginning of March 66 rolled around, it was off to Okinawa and 5 days later I flew out of Kadina Air Force Base back Home to the real World.
