MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

My First Days

In August,1965 after physicals and taken the oath, I flew out of Pittsburgh to USN Training Center at Great Lakes,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Standing room only

I took basic training in the summer of 1988 at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. One time, during chow, there..
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Legionnaires help local HS baseball team/field
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Legionnaires help local HS baseball team/field

Royal Oak, MI
Royal Oak American Legion Frank Wendland Post 253 joined together with the American Legion 18th District Association, Oakland County, Mich.,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

War is Hell

I enlisted in the Navy with five of my buddies at Texas A&M In January 1951. We all agreed that..
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Oregon Honors War Veterans on Six Highways
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Oregon Honors War Veterans on Six Highways

Oregon has created 6 new veterans memorial highways honoring nearly one half million veterans who served and the 21,000 who..
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Mistaken Identity
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Mistaken Identity

It was late 1964, I was in the middle of my basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. and was looking..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Open Letter to the Congress of the United States

OPEN LETER - TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS: ..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Me and Joe

The winter of 1962, K company Fort Dix, N.J. Basic training back then was brutal on two notes: the weather..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Being a Klutz Has It's Reward

I attended U.S. Air Force basic training during the 1960’s at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. At..
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Helping a buddy
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Helping a buddy

When I went to Navy Boot Camp in July of 1978, I had been out of high school for only..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

NO BASIC TRAINING

October 22 1942, this 18 year old from Brooklyn, NY enlisted in the US Army Air Corps...
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

What Have We Done

Most Americans are now familiar with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its prevalence among soldiers. In this groundbreaking new book,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

'Cover' Story

On completion of the second week of basic training at Lackland AFB, back in Dec 1975, my stressed out brain..
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Thank You San Antonio!
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Thank You San Antonio!

My best experience, during Army basic training, in WW II was not just mine, but one probably shared with thousands..
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Dressed for Inspection
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Dressed for Inspection

Shorty and Charlie were issued these uniforms. They took this photo and hung it on bulletin board. The General ordered..
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KP at Fort Riley

Novi, MI
In the summer of 1963 I was attending my ROTC summer camp at Fort Riley, Kan. My buddy Chuck and..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

The Flying Twenty

Army One It was June, school was out for the summer, and I was looking for a job. I had often..
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First Real Shave
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

First Real Shave

When I joined the Navy in 1961 I was just fresh out of High School joining the Navy at age..
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SGT RAM of Company D
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

SGT RAM of Company D

In December 1970, I received my draft notice in the mail informing me that I needed to report to the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Glow in the Dark

I enlisted in the US Army Delayed Entry Program 95B, Military Police in 1979 and left Harrisburg, PA for Basic..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

I entered the Army on June 6, 1962, the 18th anniversary of D-Day. Due to the physically demanding job I had..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

I graduated from high school in 1961 and then joined the Navy. I was 17. I went to Great Lakes..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

I weighed 200 pounds when I started basic training and 180 pounds when I completed it. The Army definitely whipped..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

August 1952, Pittsburgh. Along with other enlistees, I was on a train en route to Ithaca, N.Y., and Sampson Air..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

The first day of basic at Fort Knox, April 3, 1964. There were wooden barracks with double bunks, only a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

Yes, I do remember basic training way back in 1945 at the age of 19 (I am now 88), at..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

When I first went in boot camp, a few feet inside the gate, some chief kicked some recruit in the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

To start with me asking

As a sailor in San Diego in boot camp in 1966. There was a fence that we would march by frequently..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

In boot camp, I remember we were awakened real early to take a test. It was 1960. The test turned..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

My worst memory of boot camp was crawling under barb wire at the same time they were firing 30 caliber..
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