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"also arrived at glakes in 8 65. company 430.graduated around oct. 15. may have been the same day as co. 404 with james durst."
"i was in company 430, graduated 15 october 1965. we got out there on about 26 august
plane from boston with a stop at jfk on the way. you probably graduated 1 or 2 weeks ahead of me. graduations were on fridays, as i recall."
plane from boston with a stop at jfk on the way. you probably graduated 1 or 2 weeks ahead of me. graduations were on fridays, as i recall."
"we started out at camp barry, then they moved us to the old wave barracks at camp lawrence, place hadn`t been open in years. the whole of great lakes was packed, must have been building up for nam, i suppose."
"i think "k" street was where most of us went. loco`s , amigo`s and a couple of other " cantinas". cab ride out to the blue goose, gloria`s, mambo`s, phenix, casa de amor, and various other " houses". great liberty port, always liked the pacific side…"
"i wass out there in january of 2005 for my son`s graduation,took my wife and 2 daughters, 4 tickets per recruit family. some of the old yellow brick barracks on the camp porter side were still standing, but the brig and most of the other stuff was…"
"while onboard uss talbot county lst 1153, our homeport away from little creek was rodman naval station, on the pacific side of the canal.
there was another "t" at the coco solo side, usually the churchill county
pacific side was much better.…"
there was another "t" at the coco solo side, usually the churchill county
pacific side was much better.…"
"i remember them being tied up in newport a few years back. the iowa was with them then, it made a numerical sequence, 59, 60, and 61, iowa"
"i served on the gen. hoyt s. vandenberg in 1969 as a second electrician.the chief engineer`s name was corcoran. we hit pearl harbor, adak, yokosuka, kwajellien etc while i was aboard, as well as spending a month or 2 off the kamchatka penninsula.…"
"I was in company 430 from aug. thru oct of 1965, graduation was one of the happiest days of my life, never thought i`d see the outside world again.
cc was SM 1 lester caldwell, whose foot seemed to have a magnetic attraction for my ass. wasn`t very…"
cc was SM 1 lester caldwell, whose foot seemed to have a magnetic attraction for my ass. wasn`t very…"
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Did you remember the USO show with Johnny Cash that was in one of the drill halls?
Did your company get to go to Camp Lawrence?
Hugh, I graduated from GL in Oct. 85 too! CO. 374. What co. were you in? Got there on 7 or 8 Aug. 65 on a train from NYC
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