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FAMILY LEGACY
Florida Governor's Veterans Service Award
Live Oak, FL
My father died from cancer in 1969, and when I heard a veteran could get an service for his or..
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MY HERO, OUR STORY
My dad, my hero
Murrells Inlet, SC
My name is David A. Rapp and my dad is my hero. My dad Charles David Rapp Jr, was born..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
On Creating a Military Family Memorial
ON CREATING THE MILITARY FAMILY MEMORIAL by Dr. Circe Olson Woessner, Founder and Director of the Museum of the American..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Blue Star Flag Found
September 24, 1917 marks the 100th anniversary of the Blue Star Service flag having been read into Congressional Record. We..
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MY HERO, OUR STORY
World War II Navy Seabee
marysville, MI
My father, Chester B. Kidder, was inducted into the U.S. Navy Seabees on Aug. 10, 1945, Nearing the end of..
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VOLUNTEERING
7 Tour War Veteran Pays it Forward
New Milford, NJ
A 7 Deployment War Veteran Paying it Forward Helping over 444 Men and Women A Story about my Neighbor and..
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COMMUNITY MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS
Veterans' Memorial Plaza, Baldwin, N.Y.
Baldwin, NY
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Two Flags
Two Flags An American flag, tattered and torn, had come to it’s end of it’s time. Standing by was a brand new flag, young..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Hollywood encounter
Drafted in 1971, we were bussed from Detroit to a barracks complex at Fort Knox, Ky., which served as home..
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MY HERO, OUR STORY
My hero, our story
Bronx, NY
My name is Carl DiMedio. I am a 27-year member of SAL Squadron 253 in the Bronx, N.Y. This is..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
‘Heavy equipment’ training
In April 1975 I enlisted in the Army. The very nice recruiter suggested after my testing that I pick combat..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
NO basic training!
The Korean outbreak started in June 1950. I was fresh out of high school and, like many young men, was..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
KP duty on Christmas
It was Christmas Eve, 1956. I had joined the Air Force in July and was stationed at Sheppard Air Force..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Good-bye, Lieutenant, a true American hero
My story will, I hope, remind people that there was a war in Korean that cost almost 37,000 American lives,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Dad was right
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, summer 1962. Disregarding my father’s advice to never volunteer (he, a WWII Army Air Corps..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Little drummer boy
I joined the Navy in May 1951 and was sent to the Naval Base at Newport, R.I. for 12 weeks..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Weather changes
After reading about the guys who mowed the grass at Great Lakes Naval Base in December 1945, I could not..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Guard duty and KP duty
I was drafted into the Army at 18 in my senior year of high school at Wolf Point, Mont., August,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Homesick cured
The year was 1962. Ft. Jackson, S.C. in August seemed to be the hottest place on the face of the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A fast right hook
It was the summer of 1952. I was but 16, so Mom had to sign for me. I was sent..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
They don’t miss a thing
In 1966 I quit school and enlisted in the Army. I was 17 years old. I was sent to Ft...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Big feet and babysitting
My basic training memories were at Sampson Air Force Base, N.Y., February 1954. The one moment I recall is marching..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Undeserving of stripes
I was drafted out of high school in 1949 at 18 years old and sent to Honolulu, Hawaii. We were..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Not a seamstress
If ever there was one not cut out to be a soldier, it was most probably me. Two classmates and..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Remember your password!
During the Korean War my first assignment at Ft. Dix, N.J. (16 weeks of heavy weapons) was guard..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Yes, I’m from the ‘South!’
March 1951 – Due to a heavy backlog of new recruits, Flight 1014, 3703 Training Squadron, Lackland AFB, Texas ..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Fond memories
I served at the Naval Station Great Lakes. I miss the U.S. Navy and think the U.S. Military is a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A swimming lesson
I was 16 in August 1945 when WWII ended; I had been waiting for my 17th birthday so I could..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Surviving day one
It was July 1962 when I enlisted into the Army. A bunch of us left from Philadelphia by train for..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
‘Dancing’ til dawn
Boot Camp, Parris Island, S.C, 1942 – We had a guy in the platoon who we all hated. He had..
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