I went on Active Duty in August 1969, first assigned to the Infantry
Officer Basic Course (IOBC) at Ft Benning, GA. I quickly realized I was going to be posted to a unit within the United States before I went overseas. I called up my fiance in California, and she flew down to Georgia. We got married in September 1969.
Thus, we were able to be together for the next year in Ft Lewis, before I deployed to Korea in 1970. We lived off post in a one-bedroom apartment in nearby Lakewood, WA.
