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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
NO basic training!
The Korean outbreak started in June 1950. I was fresh out of high school and, like many young men, was..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
KP duty on Christmas
It was Christmas Eve, 1956. I had joined the Air Force in July and was stationed at Sheppard Air Force..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Good-bye, Lieutenant, a true American hero
My story will, I hope, remind people that there was a war in Korean that cost almost 37,000 American lives,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Dad was right
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, summer 1962. Disregarding my father’s advice to never volunteer (he, a WWII Army Air Corps..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Little drummer boy
I joined the Navy in May 1951 and was sent to the Naval Base at Newport, R.I. for 12 weeks..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Weather changes
After reading about the guys who mowed the grass at Great Lakes Naval Base in December 1945, I could not..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Guard duty and KP duty
I was drafted into the Army at 18 in my senior year of high school at Wolf Point, Mont., August,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Homesick cured
The year was 1962. Ft. Jackson, S.C. in August seemed to be the hottest place on the face of the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A fast right hook
It was the summer of 1952. I was but 16, so Mom had to sign for me. I was sent..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
They don’t miss a thing
In 1966 I quit school and enlisted in the Army. I was 17 years old. I was sent to Ft...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Big feet and babysitting
My basic training memories were at Sampson Air Force Base, N.Y., February 1954. The one moment I recall is marching..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Undeserving of stripes
I was drafted out of high school in 1949 at 18 years old and sent to Honolulu, Hawaii. We were..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Not a seamstress
If ever there was one not cut out to be a soldier, it was most probably me. Two classmates and..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Remember your password!
During the Korean War my first assignment at Ft. Dix, N.J. (16 weeks of heavy weapons) was guard..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Yes, I’m from the ‘South!’
March 1951 – Due to a heavy backlog of new recruits, Flight 1014, 3703 Training Squadron, Lackland AFB, Texas ..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Fond memories
I served at the Naval Station Great Lakes. I miss the U.S. Navy and think the U.S. Military is a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A swimming lesson
I was 16 in August 1945 when WWII ended; I had been waiting for my 17th birthday so I could..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Surviving day one
It was July 1962 when I enlisted into the Army. A bunch of us left from Philadelphia by train for..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
‘Dancing’ til dawn
Boot Camp, Parris Island, S.C, 1942 – We had a guy in the platoon who we all hated. He had..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
SOPHIE
Sophie contains a story of a dog; an eight-year old Bichon Frise with glamorous good looks and a charming personality...
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
SKIP'S Legacy
SKIP’S Legacy is a story of the life and times Edward (Skip) Biron, describing what it was..
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SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION
Last laser-engraved bricks placed in Pershing Square
Ocean Springs, MS
The last of 260 laser-engraved bricks were placed this past week at Pershing Square, honoring veterans, living and deceased, from..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
Howard Shaver, WWII veteran, celebrates 100th birthday
Midland, MI
Howard Shaver of Midland, Mich., joined the Army in Pontiac, Mich., on Nov. 21, 1941, and served four years in..
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MY HERO, OUR STORY
My dad is still my inspiration
Yoe, PA
As a young kid I was always snooping into my parents' cedar chest. I would come across my dad’s medals..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Home of the Brave
In 2014 I wrote an article for Stars and Stripes about Welcome Home Montrose, a grassroots project to help veterans..
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WHY I LOVE MY POST
The History of American Legion Post 213, Kansas City, Kan.
Kansas City, KS
World War II was over. The men were coming home to a new life. Many had never been anywhere until..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
My time in Korea
West Islip, NY
My name is Larry Cohen. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. I am the oldest of ten children...
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HONOR GUARD
Never quit and keep active
Moundsville, WV
“Keep Active” is the motto of Joseph “Joe” H. Little, a 89-year-old member of the Moundsville Honor Guard, American Legion..
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POST MUSEUMS AND MEMORIALS
Building educational exhibits and displaying Post 49 history
Smithfield, VA
History of the namesake of Post 49, George F. Dashiell. Younger brother of a founding member and Post Commander,..
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SALUTE TO NURSES
Marine survives live grenade to throat
The Marine arrived at Balboa after having had a live grenade removed from his throat from an injury in Vietnam...
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