IN YOUR OWN WORDS

What Have We Done

Most Americans are now familiar with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its prevalence among soldiers. In this groundbreaking new book,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

'Cover' Story

On completion of the second week of basic training at Lackland AFB, back in Dec 1975, my stressed out brain..
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Thank You San Antonio!
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Thank You San Antonio!

My best experience, during Army basic training, in WW II was not just mine, but one probably shared with thousands..
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Dressed for Inspection
IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Dressed for Inspection

Shorty and Charlie were issued these uniforms. They took this photo and hung it on bulletin board. The General ordered..
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OTHER

KP at Fort Riley

Novi, MI
In the summer of 1963 I was attending my ROTC summer camp at Fort Riley, Kan. My buddy Chuck and..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

The Flying Twenty

Army One It was June, school was out for the summer, and I was looking for a job. I had often..
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First Real Shave
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

First Real Shave

When I joined the Navy in 1961 I was just fresh out of High School joining the Navy at age..
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SGT RAM of Company D
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

SGT RAM of Company D

In December 1970, I received my draft notice in the mail informing me that I needed to report to the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Glow in the Dark

I enlisted in the US Army Delayed Entry Program 95B, Military Police in 1979 and left Harrisburg, PA for Basic..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

I entered the Army on June 6, 1962, the 18th anniversary of D-Day. Due to the physically demanding job I had..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

I graduated from high school in 1961 and then joined the Navy. I was 17. I went to Great Lakes..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

I weighed 200 pounds when I started basic training and 180 pounds when I completed it. The Army definitely whipped..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

August 1952, Pittsburgh. Along with other enlistees, I was on a train en route to Ithaca, N.Y., and Sampson Air..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

The first day of basic at Fort Knox, April 3, 1964. There were wooden barracks with double bunks, only a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

Yes, I do remember basic training way back in 1945 at the age of 19 (I am now 88), at..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

When I first went in boot camp, a few feet inside the gate, some chief kicked some recruit in the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

To start with me asking

As a sailor in San Diego in boot camp in 1966. There was a fence that we would march by frequently..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

In boot camp, I remember we were awakened real early to take a test. It was 1960. The test turned..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

My worst memory of boot camp was crawling under barb wire at the same time they were firing 30 caliber..
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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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