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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Drill sergeants do have a sense of humor
Short note from former drill sergeant, 1973, Fort Jackson, S.C., 4th Plat, C Co, 5th Bn, 1st BCT Brigade. The..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Blue Highway Warriors
Blue Highway Warriors is, in part, a tribute to the generosity of The American Legion. The Bike Trip America team..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Reporting to the Army
In 1961 when I reported to the Armed Forces Examining Station in Kansas City, Mo., we took our exams, had..
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WHY I LOVE MY POST
Butternut hosts decorated SEAL veteran
Butternut, WI
Butternut American Legion Zyk Post 272 Hosts Decorated SEAL Veteran, May 29th, 2017, Butternut School, 10 am – Memorial Day..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Bloodstained Sands: U.S. Amphibious Operation in World War II
For the men who served in America's Amphibious Forces during World War II, the conflict was an unceasing series of..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training, Fort Bliss, 1954
While undergoing basic training at Fort Bliss in September 1954, we had a cadre, Cpl. Hernandez, who was mean as..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training at Lackland
Basic Training Drill Instructors at Lackland AFB during the '60s had their hands full trying to get troops ready for..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Honeymoon
I went through basic in the summer of 1970. As a civilian, I auditioned for the Air Force Academy..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Reading the comics
I was taking basic training at Fort Knox, Ky. We were in rank outside our quarters getting our mail call...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Training for war
In August 1953, after a long bus trip with other newly inducted civilians, we arrived at Fort Jackson, South Carolina...
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Wordcommandos: encouraging veterans to write and submit
Robert Morgan Fisher is a writer, musician and teacher whose father served as a naval flight officer. For the last..
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OTHER
Legrand North America helps wounded veterans with $161K donation to ‘Building Homes for Heroes®'..
West Hartford, CT
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — March 17, 2017 — During two annual sales meetings earlier this year, three Legrand divisions –..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Edward Mc Laughlin
I was in the Army from October 1 1963 to September 30 1965, I remember my basic traing at Fort..
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SALUTE TO NURSES
Veterans Administration nurse
I worked at VAMC full time for 8 years, then 1 year on call. I worked in the nursing home/rehabilitation/palliative..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Kool-Aid recruit
In may of 1969, I was in Parris Island, SC ,,,platoon 180, about the third or fourth week of boot..
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SALUTE TO NURSES
Nurses have made a significant impact on my life, especially in Baghdad!
Let me be transparent: I am a nurse, and I have been a nurse for 41 years, and many civilian..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Extra-hard training for a different purpose
In 1959 I attended Basic Training at Ft. Jackson, S.C. There was a tall and skinny kid from Tennessee in..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Low profile
At the ripe old age of 17, I entered Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB in August 1962. ..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Why did I do this?
I was in my 3rd or 4th week of Boot Camp at Ft Campbell, KY. I was beginning to wonder..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Flushing the memories...
In June 1984, I reported to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, for Basic Training. Around the middle of July, the old..
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HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
70-Year American Legion Membership Certificate awarded to Marcantel
Jennings , LA
During the March meeting of American Legion James O. Hall Post 19 in Jennings, La., Post Commander Matthew Duhon (right)..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Watch and learn
I entered the Army in May 1943 and was sent to Camp Edison in New Jersey which was close to..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Dummy to dummy
In 1975, while in basic training we had to do the drill of reporting to a superior officer. Having the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
One Station unit training
1989 I went to One Station unit training at Ft. Knox, Ky. where I became an Armor crewman on the..
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Boy Scouting in The American Legion
San Diego, CA
In 1983 I joined Boy Scout Troop 1 at Post 201 in San Diego, Dwight C. Mitchell. I made it..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Do. Not. Volunteer. For. Anything.
Before I left Boston for Great Lakes in February, 1967, I received some strong advice from a Senior Chief who..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Homesick
It was about our 3rd night shortly after lights out at Lackland AFB in early Aug. 1964, squadron 3726, flight..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Cleaning my M-1 rifle
In 1961 I was at Fort Knox, Ky for basic training. About six weeks into the training we were getting..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
LOVELY Fort Polk!
It was December, 1967. The mosquitoes were so big, they had landing lights. I remember one rainy day at the rifle..
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SALUTE TO NURSES
Vietnam memories
Sally Brenner served as an Air Force flight nurse during the Vietnam War. She tended to injured soldiers on flights to..
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