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In [[2.19 Folsom Prison Blues]] Dean states that John served in the "Echo 2/1".
Looking at the official Marine website's history of the 2nd Battalion 1st Marines ("Echo 2/1")[http://www.i-mef.usmc.mil/external/1stmardiv/1stmarregt/2-1/history/2-1/history/history.jsp], it confirms that, if John had joined as soon as he turned 17 (April 1971, see above), he would have spent practically no time in-country.
In April 1971 the battalion was sent to Da Nang to join the 3rd Marine Amphibious Brigade (IIIMAB). The battalion was in Da Nang for three months, until June 1971, and then it was sent to the newly established Camp Pendleton in California. So John would have spent the majority of his military life on a safe, State-side base and not in the jungles of Vietnam.
==John as a young man==
