In my basic training unit in '66, there was a guy who had had polio as a kid, was physically weak, with one leg shorter than the other. On marches I, as squad leader,
carried his rifle and had him hold on to my backpack. I basically dragged him.
He never passed the PT test, and was assigned to a "special training" company as the rest of us graduated. I can only hope he never passed, and was released from the Army, because he wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes in combat.
I was told he was a brilliant mechanic, and could make any vehicle purr, and that's how the recruiter got him in. I wonder about that, because he was no more impressive mentally than he was physically. Even if that were true, once you're in, all guarantees become tp, and who knows were he would have been sent? Cannon fodder.
In my basic training unit in '66, there was a guy who had had polio as a kid, was physically weak, with one leg shorter than the other. On marches I, as squad leader,
carried his rifle and had him hold on to my backpack. I basically dragged him.
He never passed the PT test, and was assigned to a "special training" company as the rest of us graduated. I can only hope he never passed, and was released from the Army, because he wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes in combat.
I was told he was a brilliant mechanic, and could make any vehicle purr, and that's how the recruiter got him in. I wonder about that, because he was no more impressive mentally than he was physically. Even if that were true, once you're in, all guarantees become tp, and who knows were he would have been sent? Cannon fodder.