MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training—an 'eye-opener'

It was August of 1959 when I decided to join the Army and leave the comfort of my small town..
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Worst memory, fondest memory of basic training

Christmas Day 1954, while on kitchen police duty, I cleaned a grease trap on Tank Hill at Fort Jackson, S.C.,..
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Doc adds new movement to close-order drill

In August 1969, I went to basic training at Fort Lewis, Wash., with Training Company D-5-1. We were one of..
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Using an actual driver's license at basic

In April 1965, my 22-year-old self headed to Fort Dix, N.J., for basic training. We arrived by bus at camp..
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Memories of basic training in 1956 at Lackland Air Force Base

On Aug. 27, 1956, I enlisted in the Air Force with four others from my high school class. I was..
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Remember basic training

Wow, I will try to remember that moment in time. In the summer of 1973, I was employed with the..
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Sick at ROTC summer camp
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Sick at ROTC summer camp

As an ROTC cadet, summer camp was our version of basic training. I went to summer camp in July 1968..
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Basic seems impossibly long ago
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Basic seems impossibly long ago

I underwent basic training in the summer of 1947 at SAAAC Field, Texas (now Lackland Air Force Base). I'd have..
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Basic at Fort Gordon, Ga.
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Basic at Fort Gordon, Ga.

I think my fondest memory of basic at Fort Gordon, Ga., came during our sixth week. We had begun to..
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Basic training during winter of 1968 at Fort Dix, N.J.
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Basic training during winter of 1968 at Fort Dix, N.J.

It was 1968, the peak of the Vietnam conflict, and I was ordered to Fort Dix, N.J., for basic training..
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'Cool under fire'

In April 1961 we were sent to Fort Ord, Calif., to undergo basic training. After a month or so of..
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Boardwalk marching

I remember the many marches along Atlantic City's boardwalk and the assemblies in what is now Boardwalk Hall. Most unpleasant..
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My 'Dear John' letters

I was 19 when I got drafted into the Army. Mail call was one of the best times of the day...
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Sweet memory of Christmas Day 1971

I was sitting on my bucket in front of Quonset hut barracks, eating prickly pear fruit and writing a letter..
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A time to mow at basic combat training

On Aug. 31, 1965, I was relieved to have survived my very first plane ride from Dallas to Fort Polk,..
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Basic training in Texas

I enlisted in April of 1969 in Des Moines, Iowa. I was sent to Lackland Air Force Base in San..
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A kind of religious experience at Fort Jackson, S.C.

My first experience with boot camp will stick with me forever. (Yes, I went through boot camp once as a..
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The only thing Boot Camp can't take away!

Back in 1954, Boot Camp was new experience for me. There were a lot of things going on such as..
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Remembering basic training

3 a.m. strolls up and down "Misery and Agony" in September and October 1961 at Fort Knox, Ky.
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Highs and lows of basic training during the Vietnam War era

I was drafted in June 1966 and sent to Fort Dix, N.J., for basic combat training. Training was tough then..
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My adventure at boot camp

In 1954, I joined the Naval Reserve Surface Division in Racine, Wisc. I agreed to attend regular meetings there and..
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Made 85 hits for happy hour

In May 1967, while serving in Recruit Training Command Company 927 located at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Ill., I..
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Christmas birthday in boot camp
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Christmas birthday in boot camp

I went into the Navy in November 1981, spending Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's at Recruit Training Command Orlando, Fla...
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When you enlist, you 'will' start shaving

Basic training, 1966, Naval Training Center, San Diego We stood at morning formation while drill instructor walked the line in front..
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Implications of a chance meeting en route to basic 30 years later

In October 1984, I left Alabama for Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. When the plane..
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Sleep walking through boot camp

At the age of just 17, I joined the Naval Reserve. During that summer between my junior and senior year..
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Airplane to where?

Mike Simms and I enlisted in the Air Force in 1970. We met on a Greyhound bus on the way..
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Best and worst

In 1967, I was at the Naval Training Center in San Diego in Company 212. My fondest memory was graduation..
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'Butter man'

In 1966, as a boot in Platoon 1113 at Military Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, I was selected to..
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By whatever means

On Dec. 1, 1954, I departed Milwaukee and arrived by train at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., for Army basic training..
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