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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
1950, Fort Riley, Kan.
I got through four weeks of basic training with no problems. Then the Great Missouri River overflowed into our camp...
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Basic training at Fort Gordon, Ga., August 1964, at Co. E-5-2 Echo Eagles
I joined the Alabama National Guard in March 1964. I left July 31, 1964, for my training, I went to..
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Girl around the corner
I was known in my hometown as the good girl, the girl who would never have been expected to the..
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My life at RTC Great Lakes
My fondest memory of boot was during Battlestations. We were doing an egress exercise where the scenario was that we..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic - a life-changing experience
It was December 1964 and I had just graduated with a journalism degree from California State University in Northridge. I..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The good, the bad and the ugly
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Medical Rehabilitation Program, Fort Dix, NJ - 1969
I joined the U.S. Army in October 1969 as a Medical Rehabilitation Candidate (MEDREP) and was sent to Ft. Dix..
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WAVES boot camp in 1959
I reported in at Bainbridge, Maryland for boot camp with absolutely nothing except a small handbag with my orders and..
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Amarillo AFB!
So there it was, a cold day in February 1966, and I just received a passing grade on the Selective..
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Basic Training Lackland AFB 1956
I arrived at Lackland in early June 1956 after a three day rail trip from southwest Virginia. We were..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Musical Memory
I took Basic Training at Fort Jackson, SC in the spring of 1967. I also took my 94B20 cook..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Sat down in ranks
I had an infection in my right knee. There were red streaks around the wound and I probably had some..
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Heads over heels, Company 353 fall down
Close to the end of boot camp in Great Lakes, at the end of November 1981, it was banking day..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training memories
I was drafted in 1966 with a few other married guys out of Ohio in September. I had been married..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A very worthwhile experience
I was at a point (19 years old) when I didn’t know what to do with my life. ..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Sgt. Hunt
I was drafted into the Army on Oct. 9, 1968. I went to Fort Knox, Kentucky for basic..
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A hot/cold day
In 1955 I went through Basic Training at Camp Parks, AFB, California. Camp Parks was just a little southeast of..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
The thing that made the greatest impression on me was how when we first arrived, we were relieved of all..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
C-4-1
Fort Jackson ... 2/28/65 through 4/28/65 ... Memories of "Drag Ass Hill" still in my mind, especially with my rifle..
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Happy birthday
Sept. 2, 1965, was my 21st birthday. We were on the rifle range at Fort Jackson, S.C., laying in 3..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Happy birthday
On my 21st birthday, Sept. 2, 1965, I was at Fort Jackson on the rifle range, laying in three inches..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training, Fort Jackson, S.C., 1966
I was drafted and landed in Fort Jackson, S.C., in May 1966. A bit scary for a 19-year-old (and hot)...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
I was in the delayed enlistment program and enlisted in June 1966, but only departed for training in late September..
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Left in the gutter
I attended basic training at Lackland AFB in October 1964. I was a member of the "6 Week Wonders" program,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Unauthorized acne
I was new to Marine Corps basic training as a 17-year-old recruit and standing inspection. I had awakened with a..
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Most unlikely to succeed
I was a divorced mother of two small children who connected with the Army Reserve through my son's reading clinic..
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Marine boot camp, Plt 373, 1965, Parris Island
At 17 years young and not knowing anything, I went into the Marines. My two Uncles served and I wanted..
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Standing in line for chow
I joined the Navy in April 1981, and boot camp was in Orlando. My company was K066. I was wondering..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
As green as the pickle suit I wore
In the late 1970s when I was 18, I had just graduated infantry AIT at Fort Benning, Ga. The drill..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Tank Hill, Fort Jackson, S.C.
Dropped out of college (age 18) because I knew everything and joined the Army. Third day at Fort Jackson I..
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Who's your TI?
November 1971: about 90 recruits in shorts and T-shirts on the pavement for calisthenics. The exercise: push-ups. The guy next to..
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