He was a Second Lieutenant, if I remember correctly - the lowest officer grade the AAC had to offer. I probably should not have made Charles a Marine, since their grades are more foreign to me than those of the Army or Air Force, but he is a conglomeration of people I know; my dad (the 90 day wonder), an uncle that was a Marine in the pacific commands, and my mother who has Alzheimer's. Not my backyard. I'm from Missouri, but my dad came from Virginia and Richmond and Blacksburg were (and are) still familial locales and I've been there fairly often. jon

 
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