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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

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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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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

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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A Basic To Remember
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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Eagle Scout project - Remembrance Garden, Post 933
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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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K5TAL, American Legion Post 1992, Gautier-Vancleave, Miss.
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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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Weekend Liberty in Boot Camp???
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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Wounded Warrior Now 'Chowventor'
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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ALA Volunteering -
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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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

The Death of Sons

Very seldom do I get an e-mail so thought-provoking that I have to read it more than once, even..
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Post 176 at Virginia Fall Conference
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Post 176 at Virginia Fall Conference

Springfield, VA
Department of Virginia Conference, 21-23 October 2016 Post 176 was well represented at the Department of Virginia Conference in Williamsburg, Va. From..
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