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"I was there at balboa when the pow's arrived...saw it all"
"It was weird getting pnemonia in sunny southern california when you grew up in the blizzards of Montana ....I came close to a medical discharge....damn near died...They had several medical catastrophe that winter including spinal…"
"I arrived at RTC San Diego in late November 1972...On my2.5 day i got cold symptoms and went to Sick bay...they took xrays of my lungs to find both with pnemonia...They hauled me by ambulence and a 103 fever to Balboa Naval Hospital...What a…"
"I washed out of co. 444 with bilateral pnemonia...stayed at Balboa Naval Hospital till the following Easter...Wow what a experience that was...Do you remember the dallas cowboy company that thought they were hot stuff...Ended up at Ams A school in…"
"Thanks for the heads up!! I am a gray area retired Navy reservist altho i worked as a civil service employee for 24 years..Will start my rocking chair check in aug 2012
Tim Colbrese"
Tim Colbrese"
"I was one of the longest residents at rtc San Diego.Co444..After arriving in November 1972 I was admitted to Balboa Naval Hospital with pnemonia...Never made it back till Easter sunday 1973 and graduated in june 1973 co 125 CC Lavaughn Waterford"
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