By: Lance Clayton

When I was in 333. About 1974 or ‘75. I was in Power plants. There was a Corporal in power plants, Rich Parker was his name. He did not make the med cruise with us.

Well, on a Saturday he had barracks duty. I lived in the barracks at that time. The old barracks next to the chow hall. Another Marine we both knew asked Rich if he could borrow his car to go to McDonald’s Rich gave him his keys, told him it was the black over white ‘64 Oldsmobile.

And off he goes to McDonald’s when he comes back, we are in the duty hut, and he looks out the window and sees MPs around a car dusting it for fingerprints. He asked Rich what the MPs are doing with his car. Rich looks out the window and says that's not his car. The other Marine says that was the car he drove.

So, we go out to talk to the MPs. Seems that car, a ‘65 white over black Chevy belonged to a cook who saw his car missing and then went back in the chow hall and called the MPs. As he was doing this our friend came back. Richs' keys would start both cars and the cooks' keys would start both cars. No charges were filed, and we all had a good laugh.