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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Most embarrassing moment
While at Fort Knox, Ky., during my basic training in 1964, one of our standing orders was to promptly report..
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1971 Basic Training
I have several memories at Fort Polk Louisiana during the summer of 1971, and most bring a smile and chuckle...
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From passing out to Platoon of the Week
Basic training was a Boy Scout camp after Special Forces training, Airborne training and Ranger training. However, "Fort Puke, Lousy-ana"..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN HERO
— This marks the nationwide release of the paperback edition of author Daniel Edward McCoy’s new memoir, “How to Make..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Fit and in shape
When I entered Army basic training in October of 1968, I thought I was in great shape. Well, after a..
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PLC Screening Course
Platoon Leaders Class screening in the USMC at Quantico, VA in 1953 was the first Boot Camp to mix college..
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Basic training in 1959 at Fort Jackson, S.C.
On Dec. 2, 1959 I was drafted into the Army. I was 23 years old and had been expecting this...
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USA Army Traning Center, Ft. Bragg, Noth Carolina, 1969
Company E Ninth Battalion Second Brigade Infantry Graduation: March 23, 1969 Thirteen weeks training - no liberty. After graduation I was put..
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'The best peaches I never tasted'
I was sent to Fort Bliss in July of 1952. In August, my mother, who was in failing health, sent..
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Fort Jackson, SC, September of 1961
We had just finished gas mask training. The training was about putting and taking off the mask as well as..
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My 3 choices
My chosen career field was changed during the sixth of eight weeks of Air Force boot camp in the fall..
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COMMUNITY MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS
The Janisch family salutes our veterans
Roseville, MN
The Janisch family of Eden, S.D., are patriots. Francis Janisch, who passed away four years ago, served his country as..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
What I remember most about basic training
What I remember most about basic training was the early rising and doing physical training well before daybreak. It didn't..
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Fire drill record
Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio It was 2 a.m., more than two weeks since our last fire drill. I was..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic Training
It was the winter of 66/67 at Ft. Campbell. We never seemed to get enough sleep or enough to eat..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The impossible we accomplish immediately, miracles take a little longer.
The ‘Recondo Creed’, was a huge sign posted outside of our barracks, E-5-1, at Ft. Bragg, NC, United States Army..
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Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day Adventure In late December 1952 a friend had been to the courthouse and saw my name on the draft..
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My worst and funny experience from basic during World War II
During World War II, my Navy boot camp training was in the winter at Sampson Naval Training Center along the..
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Memories of a Yankee trainee at Lackland
At the end of May of 1970, I just graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. Promptly, I lost my..
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Oldest boot
Company 790 I entered the regular Navy with a brand-new degree in pharmacy in 1951. That made me the oldest man..
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Typing in lieu of marching
In the fall of 1958, my brother and I went to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio for basic..
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Retiring civilian mindset
My fondest boot camp memory is when I made the transition from civilian to the military mindset. While going through..
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Basic training in 1959 at Fort Knox, Ky.
On May 6, 1959, at the age of 17 years and 2 months, I joined the Army in Indianapolis. Knowing..
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Picking up trash
I was drafted in February 1967, and I was right off the farm. About the third week of basic, the..
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Barracks inspection
In April 1961, Flight 617 was going through basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. I was..
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Lessons learned at USAF ROTC summer training unit in early 1960s
During the early 1960s, at Schilling Air Force Base in Salina, Kansas, was an active Strategic Air Command (SAC) base..
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Basic training as newlyweds—married memories
Greetings: In the January, 2016 issue of The American Legion on page 42 you requested stories on basic training. I..
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Fire drill victim
In 1961, I was at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. They worked us so hard that I slept like..
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Teaching the training instructor
It was June 1992, and we were our training instructor's first all-female flight at Lackland Air Force Base. We had..
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The Road to Manhood by Matt Bruner
The Road to Manhood Upon arrival at the main entrance of Marine Corps Boot Camp on Parris Island, South Carolina, the..
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