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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Hopping the border
I took basic training in 1953 at Ft. Bliss, Texas. After about four weeks, they let us go out. I..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Limited basic training
The thing I remember most about my basic training was that I didn’t have much! My story begins in December..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Let 'er rip?
I was in my final weeks of aviation electronics school at Millington, Tenn., just outside of Memphis. We were to..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Mating rattlers
Remembering eight weeks of signal corps basic training in the spring of 1953 at Ft. Hood, Texas-- our first..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Displaced by flooding
In late June 1951 my trainload of new draftees arrived at Ft. Riley, Kan. to begin Army basic training. The..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Birthday celebration
My 13-week-long basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas started as expected in early September 1948. In Flight..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Hail, the conquering heroes!
When I joined the Navy, I was 19. It was peacetime, and boot camp was 14 weeks long at Naval..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
No driving test needed
I got such a kick out of an article in your March 2017 Basic Training Memories, “Never raise your..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
‘Get a razor!’
Ft. Dix, N.J. April 1968 – As a 19-year-old draftee, I found myself two weeks into the Army and being..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
‘There’s a bloody road ahead’
After being drafted in 1951, my first stop was Ft. Sheridan, Chicago. We were being issued uniforms, clothing, shots, etc.,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A risky demonstration
On a bright, sunny, spring morning in 1950 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, 120 of us..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
How to report to an officer
It was late January 1970 at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. We Airmen were standing in line outside..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Snow watch
I reported to Naval Station Great Lakes in December 1963. Being from Jacksonville, Fla., I had never seen snow in..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The white glove ‘test’
At Naval Station Great Lakes in December 1963, everyone in my company decided our barracks would be perfect for an..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
It pays to volunteer
Sometimes it IS beneficial to volunteer, even in basic training. While stationed at Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas in 1964,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Urinal rules
In August 1959 I enlisted in the Army for three years. When I got to Fort Carson, Colo., we were..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
‘Shot’ during class
My days in Boot Camp at Naval Station Great Lakes were long and filled with instruction on everything from firefighting..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
First day = all day
In December 1943 I enlisted as a young, innocent, 17-year-old in the U.S. Army Air Corps. A month later I..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Wash your own dishes!
I was drafted in 1953 at St. Louis, sent to Ft. Custer, Mich., and then to Camp Atterbury, Ind., for..
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SALUTE TO NURSES
All patients are special
As an Army nurse, I cannot say that any one of my patients was more "special" than another. All my..
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Brainerd Post 255 honors veterans on Memorial Day
Brainerd, MN
The Brainerd American Legion honors veterans and their families on Memorial Day with a free picnic. Our color guard also..
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COMMUNITY MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS
Avenue of Flags
Lake Charles, LA
At Orange Grove Graceland Cemetery located on Broad Street in Lake Charles, La., we have a very special memorial. We..
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Local middle school increases writing skills through connecting with veterans
Waleska, GA
Allison Evans, a fifth grade teacher at RM Moore Middle School in Cherokee County, Ga., wanted her students to develop..
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SALUTE TO NURSES
Lt. Col. Magnolia Mosley
I was stationed at the casualty unit, Scott AFB during the Tet Offensive in 1968 when Maj. Mosley arrived from..
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COMMUNITY MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS
Memorial window
Morristown, IN
Every year for over 50 years, the local American Legion Auxiliary unit has sponsored a Memorial Window to honor our..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Phone call to Mom
When I went to basic training in 1970, it was the first time I was on an airplane and woudn't..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Half a Century Past
Having lived through the time of our boys being drafted for the undeclared war in Vietnam....the fear and uncertainty ..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Morning Comes Breaking
Over the years and thru different wars our country has been involved in, friends of mine have shared a common..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
This Vietnam Combat Medic Deserves Our Respect
This Man Tried Hard for us Not to Honor Memorial Day This is Richard “Doc” Parker. He was a combat..
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COMMUNITY MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS
Cemetery sign dedication
Clarkston, WA
American Legion Post 246 of Clarkston, Wash. - a member of the Department of Washington State - finished a two-year..
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