Well paid, USMC, well played. Over 100,000 veterans received less than honorable discharges for being gay in the bad old days: many don't know that they can correct their records and become re-instate their eligibility for VA benefits.
An Honorable Last Wish For A Dying Marine (NPR.org)
Faulkner joined the Marines in 1953, and served in the Philippines. In 1956, he got kicked out with an "undesirable discharge" for being gay. His military papers said "homosexual" on them, quite an obstacle in the 1950s.
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The Marines acted on his dying request in just two weeks. Last Friday in Florida, a small group presented Faulkner with his honorable discharge.
"I didn't think that maybe I would last through all the battles that we've had, but a Marine is always a Marine," Faulkner said at the ceremony.