MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

‘Duck’

My worst memory of boot camp was crawling under barbed wire at the same time 30 and 50-caliber machine guns..
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No power – no problem!

I was drafted into the Army and had to report for duty in Detroit. From there I was sent to..
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A cruel memory

My worst experience in Basic Training happened in May 1951 while we were being trained to fire the grenade launcher..
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‘Yes, SIR!’

I was in college in 1968 and grew weary of hearing I should resist the draft, so I joined the..
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A fateful day in November

I was in basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., in November 1963. We had been on firing range that day,..
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Fort Benning, Ga. - How to get a one-day pass

I took my basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., Sand Hill barracks, in the spring of 1966. Our drill instructor offered..
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Basic training preparation
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training preparation

When I signed up for the Army in early 2004, my youngest brother signed up at the same time. We..
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KP and the apple pie

During basic training at Fort Campbell, Ky., my turn came up for KP. I always took back-sink and washed pots..
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‘Paddle Man’

This was at the end of our Quantico Officers Basic School training I recall that in November 1965 we all went..
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Laundry and raisins

I sure do remember Basic Training! I was at Great Lakes Naval Training Station from November 1966 to February 1967...
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Memories

I went to Sampson, N.Y., for boot camp. At 17, I was 5’2” and 100 pounds. The first time we..
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Tuba vs. sousaphone

A fond memory has to do with my membership in one of the training camp’s regimental bands during boot camp...
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A former POW’s impact

I had never been much farther east of the Twin Cities in Minnesota than the Wisconsin line, and the free..
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A cold shower

Basic training memories caught my eye. I smiled, then chuckled because so many things happened. It’s an experience that should..
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‘Outstanding trainee’

Fifty years ago I was 19 and drafted into the Army. Some dodged the draft and fled to Canada, but..
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Join the Air Force, ‘See the World’

Growing up on a small farm in southern Kansas, I was not looking forward to my high school graduation in..
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Rubbing elbows with movie stars

My fondest memory of my Army basic training is seeing actor Steve McQueen in the summer of 1963 at Fort..
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Infantry training

As a 20-year-old in 1953, I was inducted into the Army. Sent to Fort Meade for assignment, I stayed there..
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Basic training in a ‘luxury’ hotel

I graduated from high school in 1942 at the age of 17. In November I enlisted in the Army Air..
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A successful, integrated ‘Rebel’ flight

I tried to join the Air Force the first week of November 1954 and was told to come back the..
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Memories

I quit my last year of high school and at 17 years, 5 months, enlisted in the Army. I was..
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Yes, SIR!

This is one of the worst memories I had at Fort Jackson, S.C. The year was 1954, and I had..
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Ready, aim, …. Oh well!

As part of basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., we assembled on the firing range to familiarize ourselves with the..
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What’s up, doc?

It was May 1953 and a fellow trainee was on guard duty at Parris Island. As the sergeant of the..
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Where’s the fire?!

My twin brother and I both went to Amarillo, Texas, Aug. 24, 1967, for basic training in the Air Force...
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Move that rock!

In 1970 while taking basic training at Fort Lewis, Wash., my company one day marched up a mountain where the..
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Still doing morning ‘exercise’

My first night at Fort Knox, Ky., was a rude awakening. We were marched into a World War II barracks..
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No uniforms

A number of us from Syracuse, N.Y., arrived at Fort Dix, N.J., on Jan. 10, 1951. Due to a shortage..
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Training in the heat

In 1945, just out of high school and a country boy, I was drafted into the Army. I was sent..
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Lifelong friends

February 1966, basic training in line at the chow hall: I’m from Indiana, and another recruit was from Long..
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