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MARINES
(Enlisted 28th April 1947
Honorably discharged in April 1950) |
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“... down to the Carolinas,
where
he met a well-bred southern girl whose family was from Myrtle Beach. Her
name was Sue Ann and she was young, sweet, and willing. Steven blissfully
spent his seventeenth birthday (24th March 1947) in the comfort of Sue Ann’s arms. He wanted
to stay with her forever, he said, but one day not long after, he upped
and enlisted in the United States Marines." |
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PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA |
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BOOT CAMP... |
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"Steve McQueen {center} shares a
laugh with a pair of Marine buddies named Joe and Don upon his July 1947
platoon graduation at Parris Island, South Carolina. McQueen served a
three-year stint and often told reporters he was busted down to private
seven times to enhance his rebel status. However, his military file proved
he was a competent soldier — McQueen ascended in rank rather quickly despite
not serving in the Marines during wartime...“
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After completing boot camp, Steve McQueen’s natural aptitude
for engines landed him a job as a tank crewman and driver. The first
assignment was to the Second Amphibian Tractor Battalion, Second Marine
Division, Fleet Marine Force in Quantico, Virginia. |
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He later transferred to the United States Naval Gun
Factory in Washington, D.C., where he served in the 1st Guard Company...
{WASHINGTON NAVY YARD on the map
below} |
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And received his final assignment as a tanker at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. |
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Marine Steve McQueen is captured with eyes closed yet again
as his arm rests on the shoulders of an unidentified chick at Sam’s Crescent
Cafe in Washington, D.C.,on New Year’s Eve 1949. McQueen was stationed at
the United States Naval Gun Factory serving in the 1st Guard Company.
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NEW YEAR EVE, 1949... |
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While serving as a tanker at Camp Lejeune,
North Carolina he
took it upon himself to turn his weekend liberty into a two-week
unauthorized vacation. When he was finally apprehended, McQueen was charged
with unauthorized absence and sentenced to 41 days in the brig, where he
lived on bread and water...
"On his first weekend pass, he met up with Sue Ann and
turned it into a two-week vacation in bed, until he was arrested by the MPs
for going AWOL.” |
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Sam’s Crescent Cafe in Washington, D.C.,
was
located
at
723 14th NW WASHINGTON, DC
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https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/spring/vips-military.html |
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The archive states that Steve
McQueen went AOL from 8.00am 28th November 1949 to 10.50am 6th December 1949
which is EIGHT days in all... |
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