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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
BUGLE CALL
1953-1957 In December of 1953 I was stationed at Sampson AF Base in Geneva, NY for basic training. Before getting out..
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Life Changing
I was 18 when I entered Marine Corps Boot Camp at San Diego. My uncles and my dad were..
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9/11
Fort Sill, Oklahoma is probably a wonderful place when you’re not a new recruit going through Basic and 13B (Cannon..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
SHAVE
Recently my middle grandson shared with me his desire to join the Coast Guard when he graduates high school this..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Close order drill
IT was December of 1966 at Fort Ord California, we were doing close order drills in front of the barracks,..
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Ft Leonardwood Dec 61-Feb 15 62
To me basic training was a breeze. I had grown up on a poor dairy farm in Michigan. We did..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic Training
I was in Fort Gordon, Ga for basic training in early 1964. We had an inspection which included a full..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Duck Walk
In 1968, I was sent to Ft. Campbell Ky for my basic training. While there, one day we were required..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A Basic To Remember
A "Basic" To Remember I was married on June 24, 1951 but knew I would soon be drafted and the future..
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POST MUSEUMS AND MEMORIALS
Eagle Scout project - Remembrance Garden, Post 933
Hatfield, PA
My wife and her parents are members of American Legion Post 933 in Hatfield, Pa. I am a member of..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Got caught!
I enlisted in the Army (WAC) in late September, 1962. Going through Basic Training at Ft. McClellan, Alabama was..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A different journey to the Marine Corps
Parris Island, 1945 I have considered myself to be a Marine for the past 70 years. I was in boot camp..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
I grew up in the backwoods of Tennessee and was raised by a stepfather who had a bad temper and..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
I was assigned to the U.S. Army Air Corps. At that time there was no separate air force. For basic..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
My basic training in San Diego is something I still remember and talk about today. I am 76 years old. My..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
December 1961 What I remember the most after 54 years is that it was cold, snowy and icy! A southern boy out..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
What do I remember about basic training? I can answer in two words: Pure Hell! I was drafted in the largest..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
I grew up in a Hartford suburb, experienced the one-room schoolhouse, then three years in normal grade-school brick. My father..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
IT'S ONLY A DENTAL EXAM
It is not uncommon for patients to miss a dental examination and cleaning where the excuse is “it’s only a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A Problem in the Ranks
My brother & I entered Basic Training at Lackland AFB in October 1958. Laud T. Burton from Missouri was in..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
look at your self first!
It was late in 1966 when I was drafted to serve. Got sent to Fort Ord Ca. I was a..
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OTHER
K5TAL, American Legion Post 1992, Gautier-Vancleave, Miss.
Gautier-Vancleave, MS
Post 1992, Gautier/Vancleave Aug 4, 2016. In August 2015, four amateur radio operators, all members of Post 1992, requested and were..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio TX
I graduated from a small country school in rural southeast Texas, with 51 other students. A little over 3 weeks later..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Weekend Liberty in Boot Camp???
After too much fun in college, February of 1969 found me at MCRD San Diego undergoing 9 weeks of Marine..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Story of basic tranning, George Williams 82nd Airborne
I went to Army Basic Training at Ft Leonard Wood MO in the winter of 1962. It was cold and..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Momma can't help me now!
I went off to Boot Camp right after graduation at the innocent age of 17. After my first airplane ride..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Wounded Warrior Now 'Chowventor'
After being honorably discharged from the Air Force after 10 years of service, wounded warrior Amber Frymark began searching for..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Best Basic Memories
I did my basic training at Fort Lewis, Washington in October of 1967. That worked for me because I..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
ALA Volunteering -
ALA Unit #245 Joan Runk, president of ALA Unit #245, Cross Plains has done some amazing things with the children in..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Fort Benning snakes.
In early 1969, I was privileged to experience basic at Fort Benning, Georgia. We were warned many times about..
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