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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
We Probably Don't Want You Arming Our Missiles
I entered the Air Force in 1959 after grades on the entrance tests qualified me for Electronics. Me and my..
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VETERANS HELPING VETERANS
Cherokee County Homeless Veteran program has Breakfast with Santa for homeless and disabled veterans..
Canton, GA
For the second year, members of Georgia Post 45 in Canton and Post 316 in Woodstock held a pancake breakfast..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
"Reminising"
“Reflecting” * By Peter LaVilla As I look at the military grave sites, And the men and women who Made the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Navy Boot Camp - Ma, 1969 & God's Sense of Humor
Who says God has no sense of humor. It was about November, 1968, during my 4th semester in college at age..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The Infiltration Course
It was the Fall of 1954 when I was undergoing basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. We had marched from..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
MUSIC KNOWS NO END
First week into Boot-Camp, San Diego, California, 1954. My company learned how to wash its clothes and how to properly..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
One memory that stands out was marching everywhere. I don't remember much about what we ate in the chow hall, but..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
My Army Intro at Ft. Leonard Wood
I entered active duty at Ft. Leonard Wood on Jan 9, 1965. I was an enlisted reservist. Three things; good..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A Home in the Navy
A cousin who was a close friend was in the Navy and he sold me on the benefits of the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The Times are a Changing
It was February 1971. Fort Campbell Kentucky, Home of the 101st Airborne! Elvis was even here! So, here I..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
In God We Trust
As veterans we were all "Beach Boys." Whether we served at home or in Foreign Lands. We were always there..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
My first day in military service
Like many 18 year old's, I joined the military during WWII. My very first day I remember going through my..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Korean War Leadership and Leftist Revolution - America Betrayed
Terrible war leadership of presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman led to Korean debacle.
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Join The Navy Learn to swim
Having made up my mind to join the Navy,(My choice), in 1957, I was sent off to boot camp in..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Airman Looses It at Attention!
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Bootcamp
Dec.2nd,1967 I arrive at Great Lakes Naval Training Station at app. 2:00AM with approximately 100 other boots. We are greeted by..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
It was the best of times it was the worst of times
Spending a winter in boot camp at Great Lakes Training Center was not my smartest decision. I clearly remember spending..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic @ Overseas
It was not a question - I intended to enlist in the USAF after having such a great senior year..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Telling a mop I was sorry for stealing it !!
Basic training 1966 Fort Riley, Kansas, we were the first to occupy the barracks since the 50's so a major..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
My Friend, The Riifle
In autumn, 1946, at age eighteen, I reported as Seaman Recruit to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. On one..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic 1973
Well my story is as a 17 year old. In platoon formation and drilling Ft Leonard, MO. Well, somewhere during..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
MCRD Parris Island 1955
I went to Buffalo, NY to enlist in the Navy. Getting off on the 4th floor all I saw..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
COLD-NATURED HAWAIIAN
I entered Army Basic Training October 1983 at Ft. Leonard "Lost in The Woods", Missouri. I don't think there could..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
BASIC TRAINING
I TOOK BASIC TRAINING IN SEPT '49. TWO THINGS STUCK IN MY MIND, FOOT LOCKERS & DRILL. YOU HAD TO FALLOUT,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Fort Dix 1977
December 6th 1977. Arrived at Fort Dix for Basic Combat Training. None of us had any clue what we were..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Global Warming
I went into Basic Training at Ft. Bliss, Texas April 1966 (Bliss is not the correct name for it) and..
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VOLUNTEERING
Teaching English
Lake Hiawatha, NJ
I did my time in Vietnam, but to this day I cannot get the country or the people out of..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
Guard duty
Parsippany, NJ
I remember one time after I came home on an emergency leave from Nam' and was then assigned to a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Hot, Humid and Invaluable
I entered Army Basic Training in June 1, 1988 at Fort Jackson, SC. I quickly learned to fear, then..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The Amercian Legion
Went to basic in Jan 7,1972. helping Private Roberts, he was from Kentucky, become a Marine 13 weeks later.
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