1stSgt Carmin served in the United States Marine Corps from April 1947 to May 1968 for a total of twenty years and ten months. His story is about his experience starting with boot camp in San Diego, his first duty station, a short tour in Tsingtao China, the Korean war starting with Inchon, the Chosin Reservoir, and on until rotation in October 1951. Peacetime duty in Norfolk & Trinidad BWI, Duty in the Second Marine Division, Duty in Quantico, Virginia and at Parris Island as a Drill Instructor. With the 6th Marines on a Med. cruise. The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban missile crises. Various schools attended and a tour on Okinawa. He relates some of the differences between his experience in Korea as a rifleman and fire-team leader and being a 1stSgt of a Marine Rifle Company in Vietnam.