uh...the ptsd is only now subsiding almost 15 years after his death.
i'm counseled not to resurrect the repressed memories or to discuss such
matters outside the padded room g, but, if you've read pat conroy...
well, it was sorta like that without the thoughtful or intelligent part
(on both our parts).

rw wrote:

Jeff Miller wrote:

once, my dad, us marine corps master/gunnery sargeant robert l.
miller, ordered me to sweep out the garage. he gave me an old kitchen
broom to do the job. when he left me in the garage, i immediately
discarded the old broom and located the huge push broom my grandfather
used in his sweeping and i then used it. sgt miller, on his return,
angrily chided me for "always looking for the easy way". i hated him
and his comment then, thinking it a "crock"...but, you know, he mighta
had a point.


Did he make you clean latrines with a toothbrush, too?