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Episode 2: The Pink Marine with Greg Cope White
What happens when a skinny, out-of-shape, closeted gay kid from New Orleans hears “summer” and “camp” and ends up enlisting in the Marine Corps—right when being gay was banned in the military? In 1979, Greg Cope White followed his straight best friend to Parris Island boot camp, cheated the physical to get in, and lied on his papers to serve. What followed was a wild, raw, hilarious, and heartfelt transformation to Devil Dog Marine.
Greg Cope White joins The Devil Doc Talk Show to share the real story behind his bestselling memoir The Pink Marine—a coming-of-age tale of grit, brotherhood…
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