![]() I mean, who couldn't reach out to that? So, I mean, that did play a role in me enlisting into the Marine Corp, but it wasn't just solely on that. Did those things have anything to do with you joining the Marines? 3:00ĭan: I mean, September 11th obviously did. And then, the beginning of the Iraq War in March 2003. My dad's like, "Good, good for ya," pretty much. John: They were surprised, were the happy, sad, wishing you the best?ĭan: They pretty much wished me the best kind of attitude. I said, "I'm leaving for bootcamp." So, that's pretty much how I got in the Marine Corp. I said, "You gotta come home, I'm leaving." They said, "That the hell do you mean you're leaving?" That's what my dad said. Just went down and did it and called my parents the day I was leaving for bootcamp. I didn't know what, where I was going in life or anything like that so I was like, "You know what, "the hell with it I might as well just go down "and join the Marine Corp." So, I just did that one day. Like, I really had no set plan after I graduated high school. I actually just did it on 2:00a whim one day. John: I see, did you have some plan your later years in high school after you got out of high school to join the military? Did your dad, other people in your family have military experience? How did you come to this idea in actually joining the Marine Corp.ĭan: My dad was a Marine but actually he didn't really say too much about it growing up and stuff like that. John: I'll just probably ask you to tell us what they are.ĭan: Delayed entry program in September of actually 2003 before I went to bootcamp May fifth of 2004. I was in the DEP program, well delayed entry program. ![]() I was in the construction business and I still 1:00am now, but I did that for about two years, probably a year and a half I'd say, a year and a half before enlisting into the Marine Corp in 2004. ![]() John: And, what happened after high school? What did you do?ĭan: After high school I went to work for my dad for a little bit doing construction. ![]() Grew up there my whole life.ĭan: I went to a Wilson area high school. I grew up in Hellertown, Pennsylvania which is, actually Williams Township, it's a little outside of Hellertown. John: Just to start with some very basics about who you are the like when were you born and where were you brought up, were you raised?ĭan: I was born July 31st, 1984. Interviewer: Six, 2011 around two o'clock in the afternoon, I am John Pettegrew with Jared and Liz here and interviewing Dan Zimpfer, Z-i-m-p-f-e-r. ![]()
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