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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
This 19-cent gift was the best
Published December 2008 Star Gazette – Neil Chaffie Like many other sailors, Michael E. Mize boarded a troop train out of Buffalo..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
1945
The first 6 weeks of boot camp are the hardest. The 1st Sergeant yells, screams and harasses you from sunup..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
Hi, folks! My name is Rex Howard and I would like to tell you a little story about my experience..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
I was in basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., in November 1963. We had been on the firing range that..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
Basic training started in 1969 at Fort Campbell, Ky. When I first met my drill sergeant, I was scared to death...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
Remember basic training? Yes! And looking back to the fall of 1949 and early 1950, I am so thankful..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Escape and evasion
The course was 1 mile square and bounded by four roads. “You are behind enemy lines. Think out the problem..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Cultural shock
The night I graduated from Dayton, Ohio’s John H. Patterson Co-op High School in August 1965, all the guys let..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
"Never lose any equipment"
I was a new recruit with C/II/3., August/September 1960 at Fort Ord, Calif. One day we had to go..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
The following is just the “tip of the iceberg” of memories about my basic training, and it all took place..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
I was a 17-year-old farm boy when I enlisted in the Army in October 1946. I had tried earlier but..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
My fondest memory of basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. (Oct. 2– Dec. 14, 1967), was marching. Everywhere we..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
On about the middle of September 1956, halfway through basic training, the Army put out an order for all men..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
The Devil Dragon Pilot
What begins as a friend helping a friend explodes into a globe-trotting action packed military-aviation adventure. Against an atmosphere of..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
my best compliment
November 1963, 21 year old volunteer(us army) at Ft knox. in early January, very cold and 2 inches of snow..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Bivouac Hell Week
In Oct. 1966 I was drafted into the U.S. Army, the largest month of draftees up to that point. ..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Drag A_ _ Hill
If anyone took basic training at Ft Jackson they will remember Drag Ass Hill. Sometimes they made us low crawl up..
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HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Boys State/Boys Nation 2016
Citrus Heights, CA
California Area 1, District 6, American Legion Post 383 CALIFORNIA AMERICAN LEGION – BOYS STATE/BOYS NATION 2016 The American Legion Boys State..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Lost Wedding Band
I was married just 10 days before shipping out to basic training. I "won" one of the last draft lotteries late..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Spirit Mission
To honor bonds forged twenty-five years ago at West Point, Lieutenant Colonel Sam Avery leads an illegal mission deep into..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A Lucky Person
A lucky person is not one who receives the care of others, but is the one who cares. A happy person..
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OTHER
INSIDE THE FIVE RING CIRCUS
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
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OTHER
Schools Closed on Veterans Day
Palm Beach , FL
We are writing in the hopes that your City, State, or County will support the needs on HONORING..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
Crypto duty at Rocket City
Saint Joseph, MO
I served four years in the Navy as a Cryptologic Technician (CT) during the years of 1965-1969. I was..
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OTHER
Veterans and their service and companion animals
Philadelphia, PA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: October 18, 2016 Lloyd Remick, Esq., Zane Management, 215-575-3803 remick@braverlaw.com Dava Guerin and Kevin Ferris Announce new Book on..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
As part of basic training, we assembled on the firing range to familiarize ourselves with the M-16 automatic rifle. The..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
I was sent to boot camp in San Diego just fresh out of high school. After several weeks of..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Air Force Strategic Air Command
I joined the Air Force one month after I graduated from high school. I went to basic training at Lackland..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Out of uniform
In January 1954, several weeks into boot camp at the U.S. Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Md., it was a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
U.S. 5th Army, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 4rd Regiment, 4th Squad
This story is categorized as both fondest and worst memories of basic training. The eventful day was Nov. 22, 1963,..
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