101 peeps def. have a fun/wild side. Mom always said my dad partied out of college and into the war - which he did. And of course this is a group known for jumping and rappelling out of helicopters.
He wound up making 1st Sgt. before all was said and done but there's a mystery I've yet to solve. Mom never mentioned anything about the Rangers but where he went to train lined up with them but of course back then 101 training was very similar to Ranger training. The Army at that time re-organized the Airborne and there was a lot of change going on. But when she was showing me one of his uniforms it had a Ranger patch -- I'd like to know the story behind that but mom doesn't know anything and he died shortly after I was born. I need to file a formal request for his records but I couldn't do that for the longest time.
My parents stayed in Dickson, TN when he was at Ft. Campbell. They absolutely loved the area and I've heard enough stories to know they had some wild times (which always blows my mind because my mom isn't the wild type but my dad def. was). When he was in HS and saw my mom who had just graduated (he was my aunt's age and 4 years younger than my mom), he had his entire family lie to her about his age so he could convince her to date him. I asked Mom, "didn't you think it was odd that he was your age but still in HS?" and she said, "well, he was a football player so I thought he was just you know..."