MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

1945

The first 6 weeks of boot camp are the hardest. The 1st Sergeant yells, screams and harasses you from sunup..
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Basic training

Hi, folks! My name is Rex Howard and I would like to tell you a little story about my experience..
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Basic training

I was in basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., in November 1963. We had been on the firing range that..
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Basic training

Basic training started in 1969 at Fort Campbell, Ky. When I first met my drill sergeant, I was scared to death...
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Basic training

Remember basic training? Yes! And looking back to the fall of 1949 and early 1950, I am so thankful..
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Escape and evasion

The course was 1 mile square and bounded by four roads. “You are behind enemy lines. Think out the problem..
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Cultural shock

The night I graduated from Dayton, Ohio’s John H. Patterson Co-op High School in August 1965, all the guys let..
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"Never lose any equipment"

I was a new recruit with C/II/3., August/September 1960 at Fort Ord, Calif. One day we had to go..
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Basic training

The following is just the “tip of the iceberg” of memories about my basic training, and it all took place..
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Basic training

I was a 17-year-old farm boy when I enlisted in the Army in October 1946. I had tried earlier but..
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Basic training

My fondest memory of basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. (Oct. 2– Dec. 14, 1967), was marching. Everywhere we..
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Basic training

On about the middle of September 1956, halfway through basic training, the Army put out an order for all men..
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my best compliment

November 1963, 21 year old volunteer(us army) at Ft knox. in early January, very cold and 2 inches of snow..
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Bivouac Hell Week

In Oct. 1966 I was drafted into the U.S. Army, the largest month of draftees up to that point. ..
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Drag A_ _ Hill
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Drag A_ _ Hill

If anyone took basic training at Ft Jackson they will remember Drag Ass Hill. Sometimes they made us low crawl up..
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Lost Wedding Band

I was married just 10 days before shipping out to basic training. I "won" one of the last draft lotteries late..
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Basic training

As part of basic training, we assembled on the firing range to familiarize ourselves with the M-16 automatic rifle. The..
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Basic training

I was sent to boot camp in San Diego just fresh out of high school. After several weeks of..
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Air Force Strategic Air Command

I joined the Air Force one month after I graduated from high school. I went to basic training at Lackland..
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Out of uniform

In January 1954, several weeks into boot camp at the U.S. Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Md., it was a..
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U.S. 5th Army, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 4rd Regiment, 4th Squad

This story is categorized as both fondest and worst memories of basic training. The eventful day was Nov. 22, 1963,..
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Basic training

In June 1950, I joined the USAF and was sent to Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. One day while learning..
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12:30 hours

Do I remember basic training? Boy, do I! I went through Boise at Lackland AFB, Texas, in September/November 1957. One..
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Basic training

I was in the United States Army in 1966-1968. I took my basic training at the U.S. Army Training Center..
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Basic training

The year was 1950. I had a great job in an aircraft factory, owned a nearly new Oldsmobile, and had..
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Signal Corps basic training at Camp Crowder, Mo., September 1942

We were issued a mess kit, a first aid kid, a musette bag, a canteen, clothing adapted to the weather,..
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Basic training

My wife Melba and I were engaged to be married but were going to wait until I finished my service..
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Basic training

I enlisted into the Marines on March 9, 1950, with graduation on June 14, 1950. My first memory is getting..
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Basic training

I was taking my basic training at Lackland AFB for six weeks in January-February 1977. At that time, I was..
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Basic training

In late May 1969, I joined the Air Force. It didn’t take long before I realized that for unknown reasons,..
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