Forty Years ago at Camp Pendleton, California...

"While we lucky many were trudging up hill and down dale as members of the 3rd Replacement Company, Marine Replacement Draft Number 3017, Camp Las Pulgas and Staging Battalion, a.k.a. The Gateway to the Pacific.

"Soon it would be our turn to load up on the big birds and make that fateful flight as individual replacements for Wes PAC Ground Forces, a euphenism for Viet Nam..."

Source: The Pendleton Scout, Thursday, Nov. 10, 1966

TWELVE RANDOMLY SELECTED CURRENT MOVIES SHOWING ON BASE THAT WEEK IN THE FALL OF NINETEEN SIXTY-SIX:

1) The Nanny
2) Battle of the Bulge
3) Psychopath
4) The Bellboy
5) Fireball 500
6) Night of the Iguana
7) What Did You Do In The War, Daddy?
8) Ride Beyond Vengeance
14)Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
15) Ambush Bay
16) The Sleeping Car Murder
17) Lady L