My grandpa says they trained with him in california while they were on active duty with the marines . He said that when they attempted a mile run , it was their first time running it together because the three pace setters including my grandfather were enlisted . Because Santee was an officer , he wouldn ' t train with them . This is coming from my 80 year old grandfather and I dont know how much of its true , but I really want to see some evidence of what my grandpa is referring to . If it exists and is true <| sep |> I mean yeah , I ' m not calling you a dick or anything since I don ' t know you personally , but it got kind of dickish after the first couple of posts . I really doubt you would ' ve received that many downvotes if it hadn ' t been for the post elsewhere stuff .