ABSTRACT
The first day of boot camp, 1943. (I had been in college for one year, and then had joined the Marine Corps.) The drill instructor set the tone for the next several weeks: "You people are stupid." We hadn't taken any sort of test, or had any type of evaluation, but he said to us, "You people are stupid, and if any of you think you can tell me what to do, step outside and I will whip your ass right now." None of us stepped outside. That was the reality of the Marine Corps I entered, a reality which descended upon you quickly and mercilessly.
