I TOOK BASIC TRAINING IN SEPT '49. TWO THINGS STUCK IN MY MIND, FOOT LOCKERS & DRILL.

YOU HAD TO FALLOUT, CARRYING YOUR FOOTLOCKER, THEN GO INTO THE BARRACKS. THEY WERE OLD, TWO STORY BUILDINGS, AND WE HAD 15 MINUTES FOR A FOOT LOCKER INSPECTION.

THE SECOND THING COMES TO MIND, WAS WHEN I APPROACH AND STARTED TO ASK HIM SOMETHING, A SGT JUMPED ALL OVER ME, TELLING ME NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.

ANOTHER THING, JUST BEFORE OUR PASS, THEY PUT US ON OUR KNEES
TO DO A POLICE CALL ON THE PARADE FIELD. MY UNIT WAS EASY CO 60TH INF REGIMENT.

I RETURNED THERE IN 196 AS A CO IN THE SAME BARRACKS