Thats what it was, the headgear, I remembered something about Kennedy. Those guys were self sufficient all right, was told he did quite a bit of training, he had the jungle expert patch, also mention of LST landings in south america, securing runways in Da Nang, not much else was ever said though, it sounded like they made visits in places where things were unstable there were other clandestine agencies involved. If I am not mistaken, a lot of these guys were recruited by the CIA then, I have seen the envelopes from correspondence mailed from them, empty of course, but made me think that they liked to recruit these guys in those days, likely today too.
On the light side of things mentioned along with the misfit behavior, one of the guys whilst recovering from a bit of drinking had a buddy tucked in with him, a shark, another stacking the bunks up, that first step, and a deuce and a half in the canal, but thats ok, play rough, but send them anywhere, they will get the job done.
Reminiscent of Pappy Boyington's crew, misfits, but always got the job done, Generals had to like the results at least.
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