Sgt Slaughter – A (Un)Real American Hero?

By Scott Keith on 21 January 2018

The combination of Sgt. Slaughter being the break out star of your 1981 Mid Atlantic rants and my renewed interest in GI Joe – thanks to the brilliant piece of nostalgia The Toys That Made Us, on Netflix – got me to thinking:
Is there any concrete proof or reliable sources that Robert Remus actually was a US Marine, let alone a Drill Instructor? The internet seems to believe he was. The timeline is a bit off too, at least if we are to believe that he was a DI.
If he wasn't a US Marine DI… is this the greatest pro wrestling work of all time?

Time Magazine seems to think that he was a legit drill instructor. More importantly, Wikipedia reveals that he went to high school and played football in Eden Prairie, MN. This kind of blew my mind, since I just finished watching the third season of Fargo and it's kind of cool to see one of the (storyline) locations of the show revealed to be a real town with real people that came from there!

Also, if you've never watched Fargo, it's on Netflix, and it's GREAT. Just sayin'.