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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
April Fool
My story began on April 1st 1970 (April Fool’s Day). That’s the day I raised my right hand and swore..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Sleeping Beauty
I arrived at Fort Ord July '62 and assigned to USATC Infantry, Company D, 1st Battle Group, 1st Brigade (D-1-1). I..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS? I DOUBT IT!
“Home for Christmas?, I doubt it!” A Basic Training Memory By Peter Werner Mondovi, Wisconsin Those who completed..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
BIRTHDAY MEMORIES, SEPT 1962, MCRD, SAN DIEGO, CA
On 6, Sept 1962, I became a proud member of Platoon 165, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot,..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A Layman's Guide To Managing Fear
Many times a person who struggles with fear, anxiety, and depression need to try a number of different approaches in..
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LEGION RIDERS
Black River Post 673 ALR presents $10,000 to Watertown Urban Mission
Black River, NY
The American Legion Riders from Black River (N.Y.) Post 673 have again done another ride which serves the community, which..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Christmas Eve 1952
When I was 17, my Dad signed for me to join the Army NG. I have always admired..
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FAMILY LEGACY
A requiem for Rocky
Grissom Air Force Base, IN
She was coming home and would know the place for the first time. This daughter of a Cold Warrior was..
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COMMUNITY MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS
Honoring fallen soldiers 55 years later
Passaic, NJ
On Nov. 8, 1961, Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8, chartered by the United States Army, took off from Newark, N.J., to..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
It Happened One Day
The walls shook with angry vibrations coming from our Drill Instructor, (DI), as each one of us stood in line..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
What more could you want?
I went to boot camp in San Diego in February 1962. Half way through, boots took a week away..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Fort Knox 1976
I attended basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky in 1976. Our drill was SSG LaFevre. He was an..
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OTHER
Honor Flight
Greenville, SC
Recent reception at the Grenville International Airport, one of our own members from the Korean War era gets a standing..
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OTHER
New K-9 officer installed with help from the Legion
Pickens, SC
Donating a check of $250 from American Legion Post 11 in Pickens, S.C., is public relations officer Joe Acampora to..
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RALLY AROUND THE FLAG
Respecting our flag
Pickens, SC
Starting them off early - I captured a few photos of young children showing respect for our flag. It is..
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WHY I LOVE MY POST
South Korea's welcome dinner for national commander and national Auxiliary president
Seoul, South Korea, CA
Private First Class Paul E. Finn Memorial Post 37 and Colonel Lewis L. Millett Memorial Post 38 of The American..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Memory Made the 2nd Time Around!
I can honestly say that I do not have any memorable moments of basic training, some 30 yrs. ago at..
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COMMUNITY MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS
Veterans Memorial
Round Rock, TX
I am a member of the Williamson County,/Georgetown, Texas, Veterans Memorial Advisory Group. The memorial is located in Sun City/Georgetown...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Joining the Cadre
I enlisted in the Army Security Agency in March 1959. On April 1st, I got on the train with other..
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RALLY AROUND THE FLAG
Presenting an American flag to Panorama Towers
Miami, FL
A few months ago on July 8, 2016, we had the opportunity to present an American flag to the owner's..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
Train station bomb
Baltimore , MD
Stationed in Wurzburg, Germany, in 1968 with the 3rd Infantry Division Band, I often went downtown when not performing to..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Kingsfire
In Kingsfire, a special operations task force hunts an international terrorist and unravels a global plot. Terrorists and mercenaries have..
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COMMUNITY MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS
"It will never happen" - Vermont town honors World War II veterans
West Rutland, VT
By Mary Reczek, West Rutland, Vt. Red Sutkoski, a 93-year-old veteran of World War II, said it would never happen. Joe..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Swim Lessons
In the late 1980's, I was a 17 year-old high school kid with no real plans after graduation. I had..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Not Basic but shortly after --- Christmas pass
Winter of 1958, I had just finished basic training and was stationed at Ft. Monmouth, NJ for 30 weeks of..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Reading after dark
During Basic Training we lived in wooden barracks that were built in 1935 with a five-year life expectancy. The bunk..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A Late Relief
On a hot summer’s day in July 1963 at Fort Gordon, GA, my basic training company marched to the rifle..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Saying goodbye
Having just completed Army AIT (Advanced individual training) and headed to Southeast Asia, Vietnam, as a helicopter crewman, I was..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Lost!
During my teen years my family lived in a thinly populated part of Texas - - our nearest neighbor was..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Raise your hand to volunteer
During a hot summer day in August, 1966, I rode a train with other recruits from Baltimore to Trenton, NJ...
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