August 17, 2019, 05:08 PM
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Join Date: November 2, 1998
Location: Colorado
Posts: 21,838
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Never volunteer.
Quote:
"I was assigned to Camp Hood, Texas. Some men's names were called; they were then told they'd be called when they were assigned.
Of those not called, the sergeant asked, "Who wants to drive a jeep?" Several men held up their hands in eager anticipation. "Fall out over there and follow the Corporal," he said.
The volunteers jumped at the chance and did as they were told. The corporal took them to some garbage cans and said, "You will clean these cans until they shine. Here are the soap and brushes."
"But we were told we'd get to drive a jeep," they complained.
"Not so," said the corporal. "You were asked if you wanted to drive a jeep, not that you'd get to drive one. Now clean those cans!"
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From page 5 of Foxhole Memoirs: A to Z by . Homer V. Wagnon, Jr.
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