Anyone who sang with the Blue Jacket Choir at Great Lakes, Illinois. The 100th Anniversary of the Blue Jacket Choir will take place in 2010 and they will try to assemble alumni to sing in a special program.
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  • Paul Pospisil February 21, 2017 at 8:39pm
    Class of 1979 here
  • Franklin Edward Martin December 24, 2016 at 6:01am

    USNTC Great Lakes, Illinois Company 41 1960

  • Franklin Edward Martin December 24, 2016 at 6:01am

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  • Bill Drent March 18, 2016 at 4:16am

    Was with the Choir 1954-55 during Boot Camp & FT school. Great experience with good friends!  Highlight was singing at halftime at the Sugarbowl between Navy and Old Miss. New Years Eve in New Orleans -- tough duty! Hard to believe that was 60+ years ago...

  • Thomas Edward Kline December 23, 2015 at 9:48am

    Comment by Thomas Edward Kline on December 23, 2015 at 9:46am

    I sang with the choir from January 1965 till March 65 while at NTC Great Lakes.

  • Everett Ray Jones October 22, 2015 at 5:10pm

    I sang with the Blue Jacket Choir from 1969 to 1979 during my EM A school.  We went in to Chicago to sing a couple of times.

  • William Craig Doty July 4, 2015 at 2:32pm

  • John Colbeck November 16, 2014 at 12:19pm

    I was in the Blue Jacket Choir while in boot camp from April 1969 thru June 1969. During that time we had the opportunity to go to Chicago to sing for the recently returned Apollo 10 astronauts.  Quite an honor that I will always remember! 

  • Bruce Lee Brinkman May 8, 2014 at 11:00am

    Ah the good memories of Boot Camp.  A whole lot better than Happy Hour.

    I met my first wife because of a concert we put on at the "Conrad Hilton".

    Mr. J.D. was an awesome director and person.

    This was the Best part of RTC and I stayed in till I completed HM-A school 

    I miss the comradeship and the friendships.

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December 1956

I was in the choir from December 1956 until completion of boot camp. one of our trips was into Chicago to record a concert that was board cast later on a radio station. My only regret was not getting a copy of that concert, as it was offer to is. Dick Lekang

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Blue Jacket Choir

I was with the Choir at Great Lakes Recruit Training Center February to May 1971 (back when we still had Camp Moffett active :~} ). We traveled to Evenston, Illinois to perform on TV. I wanted to keep performing but had contracted as a Corpsman and went to "A" school in Great Lakes. Had to switch to the Corps School Choir to keep performing.

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Hey Mates,

Sang with the Great Lakes BJC during Boot Camp, through Hosptal Corps School and Operating Room Tech School from 1959 into early 1961. Earl Sandager, a civilian, was the Director. Many memories of performances on Sunday mornings as well as trips taken.  Jim Licquia, HM3 Hon. Discharged. 

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