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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Fort Lewis, Wash., duck walk
In the spring of 1968 my basic training company was on a 12-mile forced march. I was in the second..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
Stateside Cold War service
Lena, IL
I enlisted in the Air Force in the middle of the Vietnam mess, 1966. Everyone was going to Southeast Asia..
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HONOR GUARD
Honor Guard funeral detail
Marshall, MN
Post 113, Marshall, Minn., performs many funerals each year. One summer after firing our World War II vintage M1 rifles,..
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San Bernardino County, Calif. - 100 percent shelter for homeless veterans
Corona, CA
With the help of the veterans hospital, Loma Linda Hospital and county supervisors, all homeless veterans have been sheltered and..
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HONOR GUARD
Corpus Christi post honors former resident for family memorial
Corpus Christi, TX
When a family approached Legion Post 364 in Corpus Christi, Texas, with a special request, Commander Art Hart had a..
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COMMUNITY MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS
North Dakota post to finish decade-long, 17-acre project with veterans memorial
Hankinson, ND
Since 2006, Post 88 in Hankinson, N.D. has been developing 17 acres just outside the city for the public, and..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
New life
Miami, FL
Not all experiences during the Vietnam War were unpleasant. There were a few “pleasant” experiences when I was in Vietnam..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
My night on the river
Miami, FL
Patrolling the rivers of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam during daylight hours in the late 1960s was dangerous enough, but..
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VETERANS HELPING VETERANS
American Legion Post 388 works with CVA
Haughton, LA
On Jan. 9, 2016, Fred A. Rodgers, Jr. American Legion Post 388 in Haughton, Louisiana, and Concerned Veterans For America..
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FAMILY LEGACY
Father gives Oath of Office to son
Walla Walla, WA
James Allen, a retired Naval officer and life member of The American Legion, recently had the honor of swearing in..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training at Fort Meade, Md., during the Korean War
The Korean War started on my 21st birthday, and in March 1951 I was at the Induction Center at Fort..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
1967 Bob Hope Christmas Show - Cam-Ranh Bay, Vietnam
While stationed in Cam-Ranh Bay, we were told that Bob Hope was going to do a Christmas Show with Raquel..
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HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
WWII vet to receive French Legion of Honor medal
New Castle, IN
Carl R. Crisp, 91, was presented the French Legion of Honor medal during a ceremony Aug. 1, 2015, in New..
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OTHER
Marvin Dugenske, 70-year member of The American Legion
West Tawakoni, TX
American Legion Tawakoni Post 517 in West Tawakoni, Texas, is proud to submit the attached picture of Marvin Dugenske (on..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
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Five years ago poet Frances Richey sat down to write a poem to honor members of the Oregon National Guard..
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Legionnaire/civilian worker/retiree fulfills lifelong dream to create comic book
APO, LA
As boys they dreamed of being superheroes. As men, they served their country fighting alongside their brothers and sisters. Today,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Navy basic training and lessons in cleanliness
During late 1963, I chose to enlist in the Navy, although I had seldom ventured past the Texas state line..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
'Magic of turning a 17 year old into a sailor'
I was a kiddie cruiser, that is, I joined the Navy when I was 17 and would get discharged from..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Company from Lima, Ohio
In February 1971 at Fort Knox, Ky., we had an inspection from a major who came to our billets, and..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The quitters
We had a few guys who couldn't hack basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., for whatever reason, and they'd go..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
I remember basic training from August to December 1963
Fondest memories: 1) telling everyone I was going and 2) telling everyone I completed it. In general, I remember flying from..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Off to boot camp
Little did I know in the spring of 1968, my senior year of high school, that I would become a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Attention!
In 1986, I was at Cape May, N.J., for Coast Guard basic. Early one morning, around 3 a.m., I had..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
First night in boot camp
I will never forget my first night in boot camp. After being assigned a company at the Recruit Training Center..
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FAMILY LEGACY
Family service
San Benito, TX
In reference to the "Brothers in Arms" story, my family had nine boys and two girls in the military =..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Navy boot camp, 1994
I went to Navy boot camp in 1994 in sunny Orlando, Fla., in the dead of summer. The heat was..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Bouncing through basic
I went through Air Force basic training in 1958 at Lackland Air Force Base. During a squadron march, the drill..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Hair apparent
I signed up for Air Force ROTC upon entering college in 1963. (My dad had piloted B-24s in World War..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Boot camp 'not like home'
At first it was hard to be in a place that was not like home. It was for sure a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
You will always remember your drill sergeant
I arrived at Fort Knox, Ky., for basic training and advanced infantry training, where I met my drill sergeant, Ronnie..
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