When They Were Small I Knew Them All
IN YOUR OWN WORDS

When They Were Small I Knew Them All

I am a retired computer programmer/artist. Each year for the 20+ years I have completed a Santa painting depicting..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Allie's Response to Retiring the Flag

April 19, 2009 Allie’s Response to Retiring the Flag Allie is Clyde French’s granddaughter. She is 4 years old and..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Flags over Newton

For the second year in a row, the Sons of Legion Post 440 in Newton, MA have done an awesome..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Brave And Honorable

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Paying homage to American veteran on Veterans Day
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Paying homage to American veteran on Veterans Day

Seoul, South Korea
Bill Beatty (Service Officer) and Don Wong (Historian), members of Colonel Lewis L. Millet American Legion Post 38, paid homage..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

‘Paddle Man’

This was at the end of our Quantico Officers Basic School training I recall that in November 1965 we all went..
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Laundry and raisins

I sure do remember Basic Training! I was at Great Lakes Naval Training Station from November 1966 to February 1967...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Memories

I went to Sampson, N.Y., for boot camp. At 17, I was 5’2” and 100 pounds. The first time we..
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Tuba vs. sousaphone

A fond memory has to do with my membership in one of the training camp’s regimental bands during boot camp...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

A former POW’s impact

I had never been much farther east of the Twin Cities in Minnesota than the Wisconsin line, and the free..
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A cold shower

Basic training memories caught my eye. I smiled, then chuckled because so many things happened. It’s an experience that should..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

‘Outstanding trainee’

Fifty years ago I was 19 and drafted into the Army. Some dodged the draft and fled to Canada, but..
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Join the Air Force, ‘See the World’

Growing up on a small farm in southern Kansas, I was not looking forward to my high school graduation in..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Rubbing elbows with movie stars

My fondest memory of my Army basic training is seeing actor Steve McQueen in the summer of 1963 at Fort..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Infantry training

As a 20-year-old in 1953, I was inducted into the Army. Sent to Fort Meade for assignment, I stayed there..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training in a ‘luxury’ hotel

I graduated from high school in 1942 at the age of 17. In November I enlisted in the Army Air..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

A successful, integrated ‘Rebel’ flight

I tried to join the Air Force the first week of November 1954 and was told to come back the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Memories

I quit my last year of high school and at 17 years, 5 months, enlisted in the Army. I was..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Yes, SIR!

This is one of the worst memories I had at Fort Jackson, S.C. The year was 1954, and I had..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Ready, aim, …. Oh well!

As part of basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., we assembled on the firing range to familiarize ourselves with the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

What’s up, doc?

It was May 1953 and a fellow trainee was on guard duty at Parris Island. As the sergeant of the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Where’s the fire?!

My twin brother and I both went to Amarillo, Texas, Aug. 24, 1967, for basic training in the Air Force...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Move that rock!

In 1970 while taking basic training at Fort Lewis, Wash., my company one day marched up a mountain where the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Still doing morning ‘exercise’

My first night at Fort Knox, Ky., was a rude awakening. We were marched into a World War II barracks..
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No uniforms

A number of us from Syracuse, N.Y., arrived at Fort Dix, N.J., on Jan. 10, 1951. Due to a shortage..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Training in the heat

In 1945, just out of high school and a country boy, I was drafted into the Army. I was sent..
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Lifelong friends

February 1966, basic training in line at the chow hall: I’m from Indiana, and another recruit was from Long..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Carrying foot lockers

In January 1954 while in Basic at Fort Knox, Ky., we failed an inspection of foot lockers, etc. So at..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Clothing giveaway

I entered the Air Force in January 1957 at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. After riding on a train..
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A family who served

I signed up in the Air Force back in August 1964 and spent 11 years as a fuel systems mechanic..
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