1 00:00:00,130 --> 00:00:01,610 - You're used to being at home 2 00:00:01,610 --> 00:00:02,630 mama taking care of you. 3 00:00:02,630 --> 00:00:04,540 All of a sudden, all hell breaks loose 4 00:00:04,540 --> 00:00:06,890 when a DI come up and he didn't look too happy. 5 00:00:07,940 --> 00:00:12,760 And it was like, Oh God, what did I get myself into? 6 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,913 - We went to sleep, it was around 1:00 AM. 7 00:00:15,913 --> 00:00:20,913 And the next thing I heard was get up, get up get 8 00:00:21,298 --> 00:00:23,590 I'm saying, Oh Lord, where in the world am I? 9 00:00:23,590 --> 00:00:25,513 What am I doing here? 10 00:00:26,410 --> 00:00:29,160 Everything was in line, let's shut up 11 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,080 don't make any noise, get your haircuts. 12 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,450 Fatigues maybe they fit maybe they didn't. 13 00:00:35,450 --> 00:00:37,177 but you took what was given to you. 14 00:00:37,177 --> 00:00:40,300 You went through you had your haircut 15 00:00:40,300 --> 00:00:43,000 which I had my hair cut before I went to basic 16 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,380 because I knew they were gonna cut it 17 00:00:44,380 --> 00:00:48,050 but they did a bang up job on making me bald. 18 00:00:48,050 --> 00:00:49,050 And then you sit in a chair, 19 00:00:49,050 --> 00:00:52,020 if you stayed in there one or two minutes, you were lucky. 20 00:00:52,020 --> 00:00:53,210 That's how fast it was, 21 00:00:53,210 --> 00:00:54,890 it was like a buzz cut. 22 00:00:54,890 --> 00:00:56,760 And basically you go through each section 23 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,770 to pick up your clothing issue 24 00:00:58,770 --> 00:01:01,300 and they basically throw stuff at you. 25 00:01:01,300 --> 00:01:03,690 I mean, it wasn't like they handed to you real nice. 26 00:01:03,690 --> 00:01:04,523 They look at the list 27 00:01:04,523 --> 00:01:06,950 see what you got grabbed, whatever size you want 28 00:01:06,950 --> 00:01:10,160 throw it to you and you move on the line. 29 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:12,950 So it was mind blowing experience. 30 00:01:12,950 --> 00:01:14,750 We weren't in there no longer than... 31 00:01:14,750 --> 00:01:18,070 I would say less than maybe a little over an hour 32 00:01:18,070 --> 00:01:20,140 to get everything and get in there and get out. 33 00:01:20,140 --> 00:01:22,230 Just the awe of being in the military 34 00:01:22,230 --> 00:01:23,980 in only let's say a day or so 35 00:01:23,980 --> 00:01:25,930 and then they throw you into "The Green Monster." 36 00:01:25,930 --> 00:01:28,210 It's like, what's next? 37 00:01:28,210 --> 00:01:32,010 You know, you feel unsettled 38 00:01:32,010 --> 00:01:34,270 until you actually get all your clothing issue 39 00:01:34,270 --> 00:01:36,460 and you go back to the barracks. 40 00:01:36,460 --> 00:01:41,460 I would say, look at the exhibits 41 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,590 and think about the times the changes 42 00:01:46,590 --> 00:01:49,400 the challenges that was going on at that time 43 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:50,600 'cause that's what it was. 44 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,760 That was a time in which we began 45 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:57,610 to hopefully understand what it meant to be a team 46 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,360 working together 47 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:05,347 that was the beginning of the unity 48 00:02:05,347 --> 00:02:07,470 in the Military that was required 49 00:02:07,470 --> 00:02:10,070 when you went to places like Vietnam 50 00:02:10,070 --> 00:02:12,963 and you went to places like Korea, 51 00:02:14,740 --> 00:02:18,590 boy, when you screamed out for a medic, 52 00:02:18,590 --> 00:02:20,720 you didn't care what their color was. 53 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,002 When that man came to give you help 54 00:02:24,002 --> 00:02:26,807 and service maybe saved your life. 55 00:02:26,807 --> 00:02:30,180 - "The Green Monster to me," I never could forget it 56 00:02:30,180 --> 00:02:32,410 because that was the first clue I had 57 00:02:32,410 --> 00:02:34,670 that I was in the military, felt good. 58 00:02:34,670 --> 00:02:36,500 I got my clothing issue 59 00:02:36,500 --> 00:02:39,113 and I knew I'd made it through the front door. 60 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,180 Now whether I could make it out the back door, 61 00:02:42,180 --> 00:02:43,059 that's a different situation. 62 00:02:43,059 --> 00:02:45,642 (guitar music) 63 00:02:58,100 --> 00:03:00,110 - [Charles] The first day we got here 64 00:03:00,110 --> 00:03:02,447 It was drizzling, rain full of hail. 65 00:03:02,447 --> 00:03:06,020 And they didn't have any place for us, 66 00:03:06,020 --> 00:03:08,523 we slept on the street out here in the rain.