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Local vet continues serving through Team Rubicon volunteerism
Cornville, GA
Some folks are born with a commitment to service – and that’s an apparent trait displayed in one..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Notes From the Trenches: A Musician's Journey Through World War I
The Foster family of Wisconsin were vibrant and happy in the early years of the 20th century. Like many families..
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GI BILL
The long way 'round
Boise, ID
In the mid to late 1980s, computers were large, clunky things that took genius-level intelligence to program, operate and just..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Clovis Desaulniers
Clovis was assigned to the Mexico border for the following year. At the outbreak of the war, he was..
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SUPPORT FOR POST-9/11 VETERANS
American Legion street fair adds a military presence
Columbiana, OH
Columbiana, Ohio - Since 1920 Benjamin Firestone American Legion Post 290 has been organizing the Columbiana Street Fair. Known as..
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American Legion leadership training
Hollywood, CA
LUKE C. CHAU, POST 43, CLASS OF JANUARY 2018, FORMER BOYS STATE, MARINE AND ANNAPOLIS NAVAL ACADEMY. “My American Legion Basic..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
My Vietnam experience
Nashville, TN
The Tennessean accurately described the Vietnam War as occurring in the most tumultuous period in American history. More than the..
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VETERANS HELPING VETERANS
The Marines and the Christmas Angels
Coventry, CT
Since I was a young girl, I always believed in miracles, especially at Christmastime. Being raised in a Christian..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The good, the bad and the ugly
In 1966 I graduated from high school in the small town of Walnut, California. My Uncle Dick gave me a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A proud naval career
Aug. 18, 1959 – I shook hands with my Dad “The Duke,” my brother-in-law Chet, and kissed my mother, sister..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Parris Island memories
Do you ever wonder why sailors and Marines call it “boot camp?” Some say the term originated when "old salts"..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Shots – ouch!
I graduated from high school in 1963. I started college, but my grade point average was lower than my blood..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Put up your dukes!
It came as a surprise to all who knew me, especially my parents and long-time girlfriend, when I announced that..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Not-so-fond memories
I arrived at Sampson Air Force Base in Geneva, New York, June 4, 1955, at 7 p.m. after riding the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Pugil stick training
October 1969, Fort Bragg, North Carolina – one of my fondest memories was in the pugil stick training pit. This..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Latrines and leadership
Midnight, September 1957, Fort Dix, New Jersey – I am on my hands and knees with a toothbrush in an..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Oh, fudge
I was born and raised in southwest Missouri and joined the Marines in December 1943 after graduating high school. Never..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
‘Foxtrot’ platoon memories
I was recruited by a civilian co-worker who was serving in the Army Reserves. I enlisted Oct. 29, 1979 at..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Bag ‘sorting’
On Jan. 29, 1955 I was inducted in the Army at Omaha, Nebraska along with a number of other young..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Trophy winners
I was drafted July 6, 1966 into the Army. All my training was in Fort Polk, Louisiana, and I was..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Swim, boy!
I was a naïve farm boy from Minnesota and enlisted in the Navy, winding up in San Diego for Boot..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
'Rainbows' and 'Pings'
In March 1968 I felt I needed a break from classrooms and professors’ lectures of all sorts. A need for..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Ill-fitting uniforms
As I look back to the time I went into Army Basic Training, a myriad of memories come flooding back,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
‘General parking’
As a new Navy nurse stationed at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, California from 1964-1967, I kept learning about..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
‘Taps’
Bainbridge, Maryland, August 4, 1953 – As I lay in my bunk late evening of the second day and reviewed..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Not too tired for a kiss
I didn’t enjoy Navy Boot Camp at Bainbridge, Maryland in the winter of 1956-57. The cold weather, lack of sleep..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Who volunteers for latrine duty?!
After “falling out” and “falling in” and lining up rather awkwardly my first morning at old Camp Rucker in Alabama,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Best and worst memories
Fort Lewis, Washington, January 1968 -- Our lecturer, in a character-building session, attempted to instill to a roomful..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
‘Duck’
My worst memory of boot camp was crawling under barbed wire at the same time 30 and 50-caliber machine guns..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
No power – no problem!
I was drafted into the Army and had to report for duty in Detroit. From there I was sent to..
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