About TOMBO
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About TOMBO
- First Name:
- Tom
- Last Name:
- Callinan
- Rank:
- E-1
- Do you own a business?:
- Yes
- Where did you attend bootcamp?:
- MCRD Parris Island
- What date did you graduate bootcamp?:
- 7 August 1970
- What was your bootcamp platoon number?:
- 362
- Duty Stations:
- Camp Geiger, MCB Camp Lejeune, NC
Stone Bay, MCB Camp Lejeune, NC
Staging Bn, MCB Camp Pendleton, CA
- Year Entered Marine corps:
- 1970
- Year Exited Marine Corps:
- 1971
- Favorite Duty Station:
- Staging Bn, MCB Camp Pendleton, CA
- Favorite Marine:
- Chesty Puller
- Wars and conflicts you were in involved in?:
- Vietnam
- Combat History:
- None - Served Stateside
- Military Biography:
- I enlisted in May of 1970, and completed recruit training at Parris Island, SC in August. A knee-injury during I.T.R. at Camp Geiger aggravated an old pre-enlistment patella-fracture, causing my training to be interrupted many times for cortisone injections. A.I.T. at Stone Bay was more of the same, but I complete my advanced infantry training. A month later, I reported to Staging Battalion at MCB Camp Pendleton as an 0311 with orders for Ground-Forces, WESTPAC. At our pre-deployment processing, there was no quota available, so I was diverted to MCB CAMPEN. I learned about a vacancy in the Staging Battalion Mail Room, and the Company Commander approved of my becoming a Mail Orderly (0161). My knee continued to bother me, and eventually, my condition rose to the attention of an orthopedist, who declared that with my history of having fractured my kneecap almost two years earlier in civilian-life, I should never have been accepted for enlistment into the Marine Corps. I didnt want to leave the service, but with months of medical-hold ahead of me, where I would be ineligible for promotions and/or leave; and with the likelihood that when I eventually got a hearing, I would probably be separated without being eligible for any disability benefits, based on a condition diagnosed as EPTE (existing prior to enlistment). After weighing the alternatives, I reluctantly decided to accept an Honorable Discharge in 1971.
- Current City:
- Norwich
- Current State:
- Connecticut
- Hometown:
- Middletown
- Home State:
- Connecticut
- High School:
- Woodrow Wilson
- Gender:
- Male
- Zodiac Sign:
- Pisces
- Occupation:
- Creative + Performing Artist
- Colleges Attended:
- Central Connecticut State College, B.S. (Secondary Ed.-English Major/Music Concentration) - 1973
Wesleyan University, M.A.L.S. (Music Concentration) - 1978
- Interests:
- Music, History
- Favorite Quote:
- All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
- Favorite Color:
- Blue
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