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weapons platoon consists of the same basic organization but the Marines are tasked with providing support of the infantry platoons with heavier weapons— mortars, rocket launchers and M-60 machine guns—these are assigned to the platoons by the Company Commander as needed.
Each of the E Company platoon leaders met with our respective platoons, introduced ourselves and met the individual Marines in our platoons.
My former enlisted experience was approx. two yrs. I was also a meritorious NCO ( lance corporal ) coming out of the 2nd. Recon. Bn. stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC via the Infantry Training regiment ( ITR ) at Camp Lejeune and boot camp at Parris Island, SC. My Recon platoon took part in the Cuban Blockade in 1962. I had completed OCS in late 1963 and Basic School in the Spring of 1964.
Lt. Kozak ( Jerry ) was a new Lt. who arrived about the same time as the rest of us. He had completed his officer’s training thru the PLC program A military ‘brat’ Jerry’s father was a Marine Col. His high school years were spent in the Oceanside community just outside the gates of Camp Pendleton--his college years at Randolph -Macon near Quantico, Va.. Jerry was a nice looking , trim,
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