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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Hot, Humid and Invaluable
I entered Army Basic Training in June 1, 1988 at Fort Jackson, SC. I quickly learned to fear, then..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The Amercian Legion
Went to basic in Jan 7,1972. helping Private Roberts, he was from Kentucky, become a Marine 13 weeks later.
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
Army topographic computer
Sergeant Bluff, IA
I saw Lloyd A. Sturtevant in a post from January 30, 2015. I served with him. I served from Feburary 1966..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
THE FLYING 7
MY MOM SIGNED FOR ME, AS I WAS ABOUT 5 DAYS SHY OF 17, WHEN I CAUGHT A BUS TO..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Home for 1967 Christmas
I was drafted on Nov. 28,1967 and sent to Fort Ord for Basic. About three weeks later we were told..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Damp, Windy, Cold.
Sampson Air Force Base, Geneva, New York, October 1951. A former Navy base closed at the end of WW ll,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Christmas Basic Training 1944
I was taking Basic Training at Camp Hood, Texas. We were on bivouac waiting for our 20 mile march back..
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OTHER
Christmas Eve
Mound, MN
It's Christmas Eve 1968, and I have been out delivering traditional gifts to family and friends when I see the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Two Basic Trainings, Air Force and Army
As a young man, just out of high school in 1951, I joined the Rhode Island Air National Guard. ..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Eight Wet Weeks at Ft, Lewis
I spent my first two days in the Army on the Empire Builder from Fargo to Seattle. That was..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic at Fort Jackson SC Autumn 1964.
The Vietnam involvement was just beginning. The Post was so crowded that our Company had to live in 5..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
The Drinks Are on Us
The only portable water supply, for the 3rd Communication Squadron at Kunsan AFB (K8) in Korea in 1952, was a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Christmas Leave-1969
During Coast Guard Boot Camp in Cape May, New Jersey from October'69- January '70, we recruits were authorized Christmas leave..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Hello Basic Training
September 18, 1967, I had to report in by 0600 hrs. My Dad drove me to Indianapolis, we shook hands,..
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OTHER
Right out of boot camp
Mabank, TX
I received orders after I got out of the Philadelphia Naval Hospital (Dec '58) after getting treatment for possible measles..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Grenade Throw
Part of basic training is passing the big, final physical test. Part of my test was running a mile (as..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Navy Boot Camp - 1978
I enlisted in March 1978, delayed entry until November 1978. I spent Thanksgiving & Christmas at Boot Camp. The Navy..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
December 1950 Lackland AFB
Moved into squad tents with no winter issue. Basic had been cut from 13 weeks to 5 weeks and they needed..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Home for Christmas
We lived in tents at Fort Jackson that winter (1967). We were out training in an ice storm that shut..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
DO NOT dress for the occasion!
Delayed enlistment initially my senior year in high school, I had joined the West Virginia Air National Guard, the 130th..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Christmas at Basic? Gee, Thanks!
I entered the gates of Navy Recruit Training San Diego just after Thanksgiving 1984. By the time Christmas rolled..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Washing by Hand
Great Lakes Naval Training Center - September - October 1968 Every evening we had to hand wash our skivvies (undwear) worn..
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FAMILY LEGACY
Christos J. Siotas from Siatista, Kozane, Macedonia
New York City, NY
My father Christos J. Siotas, a five-year veteran (volunteered) from January 1918 to November 1922 (World War I), volunteered again..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Moonless Night Target Qualification
After being drafted, I entered Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. on 11-17-72 to begin basic training. To finish basic you had..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Haircut Time
I joined the U.S. Navy in late September 1967. Being a typical 19 year old young man, living in..
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OTHER
American Legion speaks to business leaders
Greenville, TX
Every three months the Greenville Chamber of Commerce hosts a Quarterly Luncheon for its members. In the spirit of giving,..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
The Pearl Harbor Songs
"The Pearl Harbor Songs," a CD released in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the December 7, 1941, attack on..
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OTHER
Search for veterans who served with my uncle
Roachdale, IN
We are searching for veterans who served with my uncle in Vietnam. His name was Herbert Stephen Bechtel and he..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Grape Kool-Aid Gravy
GRAPE KOOL-AID GRAVY This is one of the many stories from my recently completed autobiography titled "Private Funny Man". I went..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
April Fool
My story began on April 1st 1970 (April Fool’s Day). That’s the day I raised my right hand and swore..
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