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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The Civil War saved me
One day at Fort Benning, Ga., the drill sergeant had us all open our lockers and then "toe the line,"..
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Calling home
Toward the end of basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., a Reserve drill sergeant temporarily filled in for one of..
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One for the president
I was in basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., while George W. Bush was president. One day when the..
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Basic Training
I left for Basic Training on October 15, 1971 for Ft. Knox and E-15-4 was to be my home for..
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Got one over on the D.I.
March 23, 1970 through June 23, 1970 A Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, Fort Lewis, WA My fondest memory from Basic Training..
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Summer of '68
It was August 1968. I was in Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. I enlisted in..
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Frustration on the rifle range
My basic training was January 1972 at Fort Knox, Ky. We marched to the range for qualifying in some brutal..
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The squirrel of Parris Island, S.C.
In August 1966, I was in Platoon 3082 at Parris Island, S.C. My mother sent me a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The best shot in the Marine Corps
When I went to Boot Camp at Parris Island, SC in 1969, the Marine Corps had 300,000 members on active..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Remember Basic Training
I attended Air Force Basic Training at Amarillo AFB, TX in August 1968. We were one of the last flights to..
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Jumping off into the deep end at basic
I joined the Navy in 1961 at 17, recently graduated from high school and with no thought at all about..
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Different paths, one wrong turn
We were both young, ambitious 17-year-old kids from New York and New Jersey in basic training at Lackland Air Force..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
One More Name On The Wall
As I traveled through a small town in America, I happened to notice an old gentleman praying in front of..
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LEGION RIDERS
2013 was Riders Post 4's year to make history again
Pocatello, ID
“Pocatello is the State's Chapter” In May 2003 Post 4, Pocatello, became the first American Legion Riders chapter in..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
'We've got us a fat one!'
When I joined the Army in April 1969, I was about 260 pounds and not in great shape. When..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Great Americans: The Founders
Ten great Americans are profiled, among them are: Captain Isaac Davis (the original Minuteman and inspiration for the National Guard..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Coast Guard basic training in 1959
I joined the Coast Guard on July 14, 1959 and went to Cape May, N.J. The first morning the staff..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
M&M's
During my basic training, there was this one recruit who was older than most of us, and when we would..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Central Issue Facility canvas
Attending Army basic training in 1981 at Fort Sill, Okla., as a 17 year old fresh off the Minnesota farm..
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Marine learns drill instructors can't be outfoxed
Our boot platoon was being punished for some failure on our part by doing countless exercises in the "sand pit."..
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Thanks to Sgt. Howard Sill
I went through basic training in 1961 at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. My platoon leader was Staff Sgt. Howard Sill...
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What I remember most of my basic training
What I remember most about basic training wasn't the forced night march; it wasn't learning to fire a weapon, nor..
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World War II vet's stories from basic training
After my graduation from high school in Royal, Iowa, in May 1943, I joined the Army and was sent to..
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Airman wins operation entertainment at Lackland AFB
My greatest memory of basic training in 1967 at Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, was being selected to be..
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Sun and salad at basic training at Fort Hood during Korean conflict
I was inducted into the Army at Fort Dix, N.J. After three weeks, I was shipped to Fort Hood, Texas,..
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Overwhelmed
I was 17 when I reported to the Induction Station in Pittsburgh at 6 a.m. Sworn in at noon and..
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Blanket party at Fort Dix, N.J.
It was 1968, the height of the Vietnam conflict, and having registered for the draft in Milwaukee, I was in..
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Floor buffer wanted
I was drafted to the U.S. Army in 1959, only two years after I emigrated from Germany. My English was..
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Navy boot camp in 1966
I was enrolled in college in 1966, and the Vietnam War was really getting hot. My father was a 100..
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Language barrier
I always remember my basic training unit was composed of men from New York, Pittsburgh and Puerto Rico. One young man..
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