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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
What not to say
I did basic training at Ft. Dix in 1968. On the first day of land navigation training, the DS asked..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Don't look back
It was the final PT test, the mile run. I had fallen off the bars, so I needed to..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Volunteer? Sometimes.
It was 1952 and I was at Fort Jackson, SC. I was waiting for my orders shipping me to..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Volunteering not always a bad thing
When I joined the U.S. Air Force in 1962 I stood a towering 5'3" and weighed a whopping 135 pounds...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Luxury accomodations - almost
It all started in WASHINGTON DC on December 7, 1942 as I raised my right hand and became a member..
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VETERANS HELPING VETERANS
Pottsville Lions support homeless vets program
Frackville, PA
The Pottsville Lions Club, with some 20 percent of its members who are veterans, have for the second year continued..
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OTHER
Royse City post selects Boys State candidates
Royse City, TX
The Laramore-Osborne Post in Royse City, Texas, has selected its attendees for Boys State. The Royse City American Legion post..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Woops!
I was drafted in August 1969. Drill sergeants called a special meeting and wanted everyone to fall out. Something didn't..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Excuse me, Mr. Tree
One bright summer day in 1989 at a Fort Dix, NJ M-16 range, I made the unpardonable mistake of walking..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Drill instructor
In March of 1951 we arrived by buss at Lackland AFB to begin Basic Training. We were met by a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
First night in the Army
In May 1952, I spent my first night in the Army at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, along with a host..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Not that jaunty
I went into the Air Force in 1969, straight out of college. My degree was my ticket to Officer..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Calling barracks to attention
While in basic training at Lackland AFB, TX in March 1966 our T.I. admonished us not to make the mistake..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Boot Camp Co 223, 1948
June 1948 I enlisted at age 17. Sent to Grt Lkes Boot Camp. Was picked Acting Master at Arms. About..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
Airborne????
Jonesborough, TN
In June 1967, after completing my AIT training at Fort Gordon, Ga., I had volunteered for Airborne, (jump School). I..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Unforgettable cadre
While at FT Dix for basic training in the Spring of 1968, I did raise my hand, and for the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
US or RA
US Army basic training Ft Leonard Wood, School at Ft Lee then at Ft Lewis waiting to ship to Alaska...
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
INVISIBLE: PTSD's Stealth Attack on a Vietnam War Veteran
This is my real life story of flashbacks, nightmares, and anger alongside friendship, love and recovery. I suffered from post-traumatic..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Volunteers
I attended Navy Boot Camp at Great Lakes Illinois in 1968. We were under orders from reveille to taps each..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Oh, boy. What did I get myself into?
0900, 5 April 1965, armed services induction center Newark, N. J. About 40 of us were ushered into a small..
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SALUTE TO NURSES
Thankful for nurses who served
I was serving with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Cambodia in 1970. I was severely wounded on June 12...
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
First class officer
Tampa, FL
I was a SP4 in the 547th Engineer Battalion in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1964 and my job was S3 clerk...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
"Vegetable noises, sir!"
Back at Paris Island, the summer 1982, we had several "Black Flag" days during boot camp (when it's extremely hot,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Keep your eyes open
Before going to basic tranining in Fort Leonard Wood, I ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. After recovery I..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Hangover from female basic training
I went through Army basic training at Ft. Jackson, SC in the summer of 1976, part of the last all-female..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The Navy way
My Navy education started on the first day of boot camp at NAS Memphis. We were told to wash..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
Early one morning in Pleiku, South Vietnam, 1969
Easton, MD
My AC-47D had returned from a fire support mission this 7 a.m. in the third week in May. The 115/145 fuel..
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OTHER
Boy Scout with honor
Wynnewood, PA
They deserve a flag… Yet many veterans are left out In May 2014, as he did for the last 30 years,..
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VOLUNTEERING
American Legion Post 42 Ocean Springs Mississippi SERVES COMMUNITY
Ocean Springs, MS
AMERICAN LEGION POST 42 OF OCEAN SPRINGS TO FOCUS SERVICES TO COMMUNITY IN 2017 ..
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HONOR GUARD
Marine Corps Ira Hayes Detachment 002 Phoenix, Ariz.
Phoenix, AZ
Marine Corps Ira Hayes Detachment 002, Phoenix, Ariz., Color Guard Awarded "First Place" Nov. 11, 2016, honoring "Vietnam Veterans" at..
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