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THE WOULD-BE WARRIOR is an account of my bumbling journey into manhood. From my first inklings of a world beyond my nose, I blundered on. Through the war years, the first day of school, encounters with gigantic policemen, the irresistible lure of a pile of dirt, prissy girls in starched splendor and the hormone hysteria of my teen years, I sought my true identity. Like a leaf floating on a stream, I twisted and turned at the whim of the Fates. Then, in the eleventh year of my 12-year school sentence, I concocted a brilliant scheme to set myself free of the drudgery I found in scholarhood and the tyranny of Mr. Scaley’s remedial math class. What was this marvelous plan, this plot to make all things right? It was simplicity in itself…. Join the Marines! Cool thinking, huh? I knew I’d look so great in that beautiful blue uniform, my mouth watered every time I thought about it. Shortly after the swearing in ceremony I realized that perhaps being a Leatherneck might not be my true calling, but it was too late. With my introduction to my drill instructor, Corporal Beefslab and faced with three years of reveille, spit ‘n polish and right angle turns, I became depressingly sure of it. This hysterical tale of innocence run amok is told tongue-in-cheek and is not meant to inspire, recruit, provoke thought or educate anyone, but solely to entertain and, perhaps, flex the old smile muscles. . . .

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