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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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???
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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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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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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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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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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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Shorten Basic and 67 years later

Fort Ord, California, February 1948, we were assigned to 'M' of the 4th Infantry Div. Our first day we were..
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Wrong Yellow Footprints
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Wrong Yellow Footprints

I enlisted in the Marines in May 1968 from Decatur, IL, was processed through St. Louis, MO, and put on..
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A lesson in "growing-up".

I joined the USAF after graduating from high school in 1958. I had been working for the local newspaper for..
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Basic Training Memories

After waiting to be called for US Army pilot-navigator training for over three months, I enlisted USN in the Navy..
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Why not, Minot?
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Why not, Minot?

After receiving my masters degree in 1967, I enlisted in the Air Force hoping to fly. I was sent to..
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Sir Your Target Is Broken

Richard Nixon sent me an invitation to report for induction to Ft. Knox, KY., January 1972. It was my college..
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Run That Hill!
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Run That Hill!

I had been in Boot Camp for about 11 weeks. That was the week that our Company spent firing the..
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Drill Instructor Language

After graduating high school in 1965 I began visiting the military recruiters. Everyone seemed so friendly and helpful. Especially the..
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My Visit to San Antonio

James E. Carter Collinsville, OK Tulsa Post 308 “Let’s go, Rainbows!” That was my official greeting into the U.S. Air Force. It was midnight..
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