A visit to my alma mater at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Recently, I was able to make a trip to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri where I had been stationed in the Army before I went to Vietnam. Since I live in Washington state, it's a bit of a drive. I was on a...
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When I went through Basic at Ft. L.W., in '76, we were house and processed into our unit in/from those old wooden buildings for about a week. I still remember the sounds, smells, the warmth and 'feel'...
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I 'll long remember Ft Wood. Arrived in July 67 to live in the WWII buildings for reception, basic (B-1-2), and AIT -71 H (A-3-5) held at the original post hospital. Like you, I drove through around...
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I went to Air Force tech school in 1965 and lived in the WWII barracks. When I tell friends and co-workers about the community latrines, they think I'm kidding. Thanks for the pictures - worth a...
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Thanks for the memories. I was at Fort Dix for basic during the summer of '69. The barracks were modern constructed of brick and concrete block walls, and concrete floors and roofs. I assume they're...
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I was at Fort Leonard Wood in 1970 and the guys in my training company are planning a reunion for 2010. Most important for us is to be able to visit sites like you did. There will probably be a group...
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I had an old FLW post map from 1969; it even had the little building numbers printed next to the rectangles that represented the structures. If you have period pictures of structures that show...
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Nice memory jogger. I was at FLW in 1972 - 73 for basic and AIT. Stayed in the "modern" barracks for basic, and the old WWII barracks for AIT. Our 9 weeks of processing and basic training saw humid...
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I am looking anyone that trained company A 2nd batillion 2nd training braged A-2-2Martin Sisneros martin@sisnerosbros.com
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I was at FLW in late July through September 1969. My Basic company was A-1-3 in the new barracks, followed by AIT - MOS 71H - in D-3-5. We were in the old hospital barracks for AIT, and the pics...
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I didn't get a yearbook out of BCT-I remember a photographer coming around one day when we were at bayonet drill, and we had our chest and head portraits taken for the local paper new release, but no...
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FT Dix is still in operation,although in a greatly reduced capacity.Now a mere bird col runs the place instead of a Lt gen. I remember when it was going and blowing 24/7,along with Mc Quire AFB next...
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12-31-10, I was stationed at FLW just ten years before you in '58 and '59, they were some of the best times this young soldier had in the Army, before the country got stupified in 'Nam, and we began...
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Thanks for the pictures! I was at FLW for basic training from July '72 to October '72, in A-3-3. We were in the newer barracks, but we processed in through the old barracks. I remember thinking...
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Hi my dad joe ruiz perez was also here in 1970, does anyone know him? graduated i believe in the summer of 1970
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Hi,I am interested in anyone that might have been related to the "Blue Devils" Brigade at Fort Leonard Wood in the early 1970's. Do you remember who your Commander was? It was Colonel John Dewhirst...
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There was a guy who danced with me and contacted me after Basic Training he was from North Carolina. I believe his last name was Parker.
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I was in Ft Wood in 1978 and was in B43 BCT and C44 AIT,and stayed in some of the old barracks while in the reception station,it is good to get some photos,would love to have some of the million...
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I was in the same buildings for BGT at Ft. Jackson SC and as a cook in a Basic company at Ft. Knox for 3 years, (known there as "splinter village") all in the 70s. It's a bit unnerving to realize some...
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Thanks, gschwertley for all the effort to help us relive memories from Fort Leonard Wood. Caltrac1, there is something about your first Army experiences that you never forget and yes,you are...
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Thanks for sharing all those memories Reagan. You said it very well indeed. When we graduated, one of ou r fellows Dad saw that his son was in the same building he had been in WWII.My Dad's place is...
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