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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Weekend Liberty in Boot Camp???

After too much fun in college, February of 1969 found me at MCRD San Diego undergoing 9 weeks of Marine..

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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Story of basic tranning, George Williams 82nd Airborne

I went to Army Basic Training at Ft Leonard Wood MO in the winter of 1962. It was cold and..

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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Momma can't help me now!

I went off to Boot Camp right after graduation at the innocent age of 17. After my first airplane ride..

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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Wounded Warrior Now 'Chowventor'

After being honorably discharged from the Air Force after 10 years of service, wounded warrior Amber Frymark began searching for..

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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Best Basic Memories

I did my basic training at Fort Lewis, Washington in October of 1967. That worked for me because I..

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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

ALA Volunteering -

ALA Unit #245 Joan Runk, president of ALA Unit #245, Cross Plains has done some amazing things with the children in..

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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Fort Benning snakes.

In early 1969, I was privileged to experience basic at Fort Benning, Georgia. We were warned many times about..

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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

The Death of Sons

Very seldom do I get an e-mail so thought-provoking that I have to read it more than once, even..

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Post 176 at Virginia Fall Conference

Springfield, VA

Department of Virginia Conference, 21-23 October 2016 Post 176 was well represented at the Department of Virginia Conference in Williamsburg, Va. From..

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WHY I LOVE MY POST

A tail number and a tale of two airmen

Pagosa Springs, CO

American Legion Mullins-Nickerson Post 108 Pagosa Springs, Colo. A Tail Number and a Tale of Two Airmen A SHORT HISTORY OF C-130A, TAIL..

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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Vietnam Doc

Dr. William Clayton Petty served as the Chief of Anesthesia at the 24th Evacuation Hospital in Vietnam. In Vietnam,..

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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Shorten Basic and 67 years later

Fort Ord, California, February 1948, we were assigned to 'M' of the 4th Infantry Div. Our first day we were..

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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Wrong Yellow Footprints

I enlisted in the Marines in May 1968 from Decatur, IL, was processed through St. Louis, MO, and put on..

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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

A lesson in "growing-up".

I joined the USAF after graduating from high school in 1958. I had been working for the local newspaper for..

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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic Training Memories

After waiting to be called for US Army pilot-navigator training for over three months, I enlisted USN in the Navy..

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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Why not, Minot?

After receiving my masters degree in 1967, I enlisted in the Air Force hoping to fly. I was sent to..

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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Sir Your Target Is Broken

Richard Nixon sent me an invitation to report for induction to Ft. Knox, KY., January 1972. It was my college..

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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Run That Hill!

I had been in Boot Camp for about 11 weeks. That was the week that our Company spent firing the..

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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Mobility Companies make Veterans lives more meaningful

As a member of the American Legion, "Arthur Briggs Church" Post 143 of Pembroke Ma.. I am proud to announce..

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DEPARTMENT SPOTLIGHT

VA Emergency Billing Information Card panel

NEWS RELEASE: VA Emergency Billing Information Card Attached Photo Caption: Robert Marenich, Chairperson, VFAC; (Lt) Cmdr. Don Harper, American Legion Post..

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