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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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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Breakfast at Fort Jackson
It happened during the first few days of basic training in the early sixties. A young new recruit came through..
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FAMILY LEGACY
Military family
Lake Ariel , PA
It never occurred to me until one day when I was talking to one of my children. We really are..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
DRAFTED for Vietnam
In March 1969 I joined the US Air Force. I joked I was doing it to avoid being drafted and..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
"Forgotten"
On October 19, 1944 two young Navy pilots embarked on a mission to test newly developed radar for the U.S...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Korean War changed my life
When I first received the dreaded greetings "Uncle Sam Wants You," I thought it was a complete disaster and the..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
Military service
Missouri Valley, IA
MILITARY SERVICE: DECEMBER 1978 to FEBRUARY 1981 Training Manager, Sergeant First Class (SFC), E7, P11B40 S95B0HV5 United States Army Reserve Center Fort..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Gas chamber
In July 1969 I found myself at boot camp at Fort Gordon, Ga. Before leaving the gas chamber we had..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Forward march!
At Lackland AFB, Texas, for basic training, we had been marching and learning drill for the first few weeks..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
They Gave Blood, Sweat and Tears-True Stories of American Veterans from WWII to Operation..
The stories you are about to read are real. I was able to interview 58 veterans during the course of..
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