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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Boot camp mail call
Two months after graduating from high school, I joined the U.S. Marine Corps. In August 1963, I reported to Parris..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Fort Lewis memories
A group of us from the upper Midwest entered the Army in the spring of 1969. We looked forward to..
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SALUTE TO NURSES
Pearl Harbor
In the early '90s on Dec. 7, I was serving as the Nurse of the Day at the Great Lakes..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
I took the blame
August 1971. Fort Jackson, S.C. We were doing night firing. Just as we were ready to fire, "READY ON THE..
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SALUTE TO NURSES
A nurse poem to Lillian Olson, Red Cross nurse
April 14, 2017 My wife, Beth Tjon Wosick, had two great-aunts who served as American Red Cross nurses with the American..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
The Honor Guard
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OTHER
Vietnam War Foundation museum adds new wing
Ruckersville, VA
At the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains in central Virginia, there is a museum where anyone can take part..
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SALUTE TO NURSES
Red Cross nurse saves my grandfather's life - 1918
My maternal grandfather, George Eriksen, was a "rough and tough guy" of Danish descent. He served as an Infantry Squad..
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SALUTE TO NURSES
North Dakota Nurses Over There 1917-1919
“North Dakota Nurses Over There 1917-1919” by Grace E.F. Holmes, MD, is being sold by the American Legion Auxiliary Department..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Cockroach
My drill instructor was intense, and today he is a survivalist expert. One day I was cleaning the dorm and..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training memories: hometown heroes
Basic Training MEMORIES April 11, 2017 After graduation from high school in 1966, I worked on my father’s farm until I was..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Boot camp
Marine Corps boot camp was like nothing I'd ever seen before. As a new recruit at the ripe old age..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Don't volunteer unless you know the outcome
In the summer of 1973 I was at Fort Knox, Ky., for basic training. One Sunday, near the end of..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Canteen Kool-Aid
My best memory of basic training at the U.S. Air Force Academy, 1965, came from my mother sending me packets..
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VETERANS HELPING VETERANS
Veterans helping veterans
Ocean Springs, MS
For over a decade American Legion Post 42 of Ocean Springs, Miss., has been delivering clothes, magazines and hygiene goods..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The boys who won the war
Jubilation and celebration demanded that on Nov. 11, 1918, the City of Pittsburgh host a Victory Parade. I entered the..
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Basic training
Spring Creek , NV
Basic Training, Fort Sill, Okla., September 1977. "Letter From a Senator" But before I share my story I need to give..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Never run away from the fight
There are so many memories of my basic training at Lackland AFB. The hundreds of situps, the thousands of pushups,..
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Iraq War vet pays tribute to his World War I brothers in arms
Pen Argyl , PA
A small monument in a little town in northeastern Pennsylvania bears a plaque with seven names, all men who made..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training with the "W"
I started my 23-year career in the 164th Group/Tennessee Air National Guard a few days after my graduation from Germantown..
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FAMILY LEGACY
WWI veteran Frank Alexander Sladey, Rainbow Division 42nd
Bethlehem, PA
Frank Alexander Sladey, the grandfather of my wife, Eleanor Callan Roberts, was a WWI veteran and a member of the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
My Jeep ride
After completing the majority of my infantry basic training at Harmony Church, Fort Benning, Ga., we were allowed to leave..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A recruit's escapade
While participating in a GI party during basic training at Ft Dix in the early 50's, as I was cleaning..
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FAMILY LEGACY
Escorting French officers In WWI
Decatur, IL
My father had a keen sense of humor. He was in the first motorcycle unit in the Army. He told..
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POST MUSEUMS AND MEMORIALS
Rumford, Maine, WWI War Memorial
Rumford, ME
Rumford, Maine, is a western Maine town nestled in the mountain foothills. The region has always demonstrated their patriotism by..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Double-edge razor blade to the rescue
In August 1963 I was in basic training at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Gateway to the Air Force. I was..
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Tracing our beginnings
Ligonier, IN
Back in December 2012, the Ladies Auxiliary sent us to the storage shed to get some Christmas decorations. In the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Ropes and training
I was 23 when I became a member of the elite group known as the United States Air Force. After..
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VETERANS HELPING VETERANS
Bridging the civil/military divide
Sharpsburg, MD
Article below speaks to how veterans are helping the entire community. Bridging the Civil/Military Divide by K. Silvia I hear this term..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic at Great Lakes
On Oct. 27, 1971, my 18th birthday, I started my journey to the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill. I..
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