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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Cleaning an M-16
I joined the Navy in 1970. I spent 5 yrs., then transferred (sp) to the Army Reserves. I was at..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Fred and Irving.
I have many memories of my Basic Training at Ft. Leonard Wood. Some good, some not so good, and some..
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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
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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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
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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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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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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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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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
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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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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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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