Corporal of the Guard

Dad as a Corporal.  For 20 days, anyway.

Dad was Corporal of the Guard during this time.  He laughed when he told me he was a Corporal for all of 20 days.  He was responsible for making sure that the guards got to and from the bridge that they were guarding for their shifts.  This also meant that it was up to him to arrange the transportation for shift changes.  Getting a vehicle from the motor pool could be difficult.  Once, he checked with them and they had nothing.  He was starting to panic because he needed to get relief out to the men who had been on the bridge all night.  He finally found a low boy (cab only, no bed) and ran it down to get his guys.  He had no idea how to drive the thing and did a lot of grinding and coasting most of the way to the bridge.

"I didn't know which end was up!", he told me.

The motor pool.

His soldiers were really mad at him for being so late since they'd been on duty all night.

On another occasion, he found a truck and a driver.  Late again, they went to pick up the group.  These guys were really angry and were riding in the back while Dad and the driver were in the cab.

A soldier named Lucas was so mad about not being relieved on time that he started firing his rifle into the air.  Dad loaded his rifle, got it ready and told his driver to just keep going.  Apparently, one of the guys in the back saw Dad load up and word got back to Lucas who settled down knowing that Corporal Day would 'take care of thinks' if it came to that.

The writing on the back of this one said,
"No Migs today, Day's on guard!"

Dad in front of a Jeep.

Unfortunately, we do not know who these guys are, but they
were in his Platoon. 

Dad is the one in his skivvies!

The inside of the tent.  We weren't
sure who was asleep.