This is a group of Marines from 1st Platoon, A Company, Marine Barracks 8th and I, c. 1980, First Lt. John Olsen commanding. This was a show put on by the Corps where the luckless enlisted men were dressed in Hollywood extra outfits and sent around to schools and political events, we are wearing uniforms from America's various wars up to that point. The C.S.A. is not represented, all of the Marine officers deserted to the South so they are still touchy on that point. We were accompanied by members of the Drum and Bugle Corps while a narrator read the history of that flag as we would walk out onto the stage, usually a basketball court. We had to black the soles of our cleated shoes, they really did check for that. The Marine fourth from the left wearing the Nutcracker costume with a tall black leather shako is your's truly. I am portraying a Marine from the War of 1812, which we lost until Andrew Jackson got involved after the war was...