MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Poor Choices

During my basic training at Fort Bliss, TX in 1966, we got to spend a week out in the field...
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

From the Shadow of Coyote Mountain to the Base of Mount Diablo

This is the story of a different type of early life. One not typically lived by modern day Americans. We..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

My First Encounter with Discrimination

I joined the Army in 1957 in Puerto Rico. I didn't speak a word of English, but I passed the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Boot Camp 1966

From my service memories which starts when I turned 18 and signed up for Selective Service to Boot Camp, Pats,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

The Eight-Ball

My basic training started in March of 1968 at Ft. Jackson, SC. We all remember marching here and there, and..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Bad Planning

In the mid 1960's, the Navy had trouble recruiting attorneys, so a direct commissioning program was started. We were the..
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Eighteen with a Bullet
IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Eighteen with a Bullet

This is my autobiography. It took me eight years of research and writing to write the 564 pages. I describe..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Vietnam War

Crawling through the forest floor, looking through the trees Everything, everywhere, Trying to kill me. looking at the enemy Square in the eye, Ready to shoot At..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Wake Up Call For 18 Year Old!

My memory of Basic Training started when I left the Armed Forces building in Los Angeles on a Greyhound Bus..
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Each One a Hero: a Novel of War and Brotherhood
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Each One a Hero: a Novel of War and Brotherhood

“Each One a Hero,” is dedicated to all the loyal young men and women who answered their Country’s call and..
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Fixing America's Shattered Politics
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Fixing America's Shattered Politics

Retired Army Major Alan Duff has authored the book, "Fixing America's Shattered Politics: Practical Steps Concerned Citizens Can Take to..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

A-1-1 Lean and Mean Drill Sergeant

I arrived at Fort Benning, GA in early February at 2 a.m. in the morning after an all day bus..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Prior Service

I arrived at Ft. Jackson, SC around midnight in early September 1961, an 18 year old enlistee from New Orleans..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Summer in Georgia

I went through Basic Training at Fort Gordon, Ga. in the Summer of 1969. I can still remember the summer..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

My Basic Training

I was sent to Fort Bragg, N.Carolina. We were the last bunch of trainees to go there for basic..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic Training

When Congress finally allowed women with one dependent to enter the military service, I was right there at the doorstep..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Merry Christmas Drill Sergeant

In December of 69, I was in AIT at Fort Lewis, WA. We were going from class to class with..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

An Unforgettable Experience On the Obstacle Course

During the night "run" at the Army's Obstacle Course at Ft. Knox, Ky. I decided to continue my roll out..
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My story
MY TIME IN UNIFORM

My story

South Coffeyville, OK
I graduated from Dewey, Okla., high school in May 1956. Enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve six-month active-duty enlistment program...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic Training, 1970, Fort Polk, LA

The Vietnam war was still going strong in the winter of 1970. Training centers throughout the United States continued to..
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Christmas Eve 1944, 72 years ago
SUPPORT FOR POST-9/11 VETERANS

Christmas Eve 1944, 72 years ago

Skokie, IL
Dedicated to my late uncle, Dr. Hirsh M. Busch, who just recently passed away, and to his dear friend, the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Just keep on marching

In February 1969 I was taking basic training in Ft. Polk, La. and one day, after coming back from the..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM

Pistol range blues

Cranston, RI
I joined the Rhode Island Army National Guard in 1970, and four months later was off to Army basic training..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

Unlike most of the guys with whom I was in Basic Training, I found humor in the blustery, uber macho..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Wrong guy

I enlisted in the U.S. Army on 27 December 1977, and went to Basic Combat Training at Fort Dix, New..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Army flexibility

In July of 1968 I was drafted into the Army and processed through the Whitehall Street induction center in New..
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“Wildcat, Thunder in the Sky”
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“Wildcat, Thunder in the Sky”

“Wildcat, Thunder in the Sky” This never-before-seen documentary film was lost in a flood, but the master was found and..
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“Sea Storys” as told by a Flyer/Diver/Submariner
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“Sea Storys” as told by a Flyer/Diver/Submariner

Don’t miss my humorous and family-friendly book of “Sea Storys,” more or less nonfiction. A collection of profoundly dumb mistakes and..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

A close shave

In 1959, I was in basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. As a seventeen year old with only peach..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Shave That Face, Trainee

I enlisted into the Army Jan. 1967 and was sent to Fort Bragg,N.C., for basic training. I had just turned 18..
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