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Unkown at attention
After my grandmother died in 2003, mom collected a treasure trove (to me anyway) of photos.
These were apparently taken after Gramps was drafted into the Army. I do not know the date. but he was in Britain for a a few years and was preparing to ship out to invade Japan when the Atomic bomb was dropped. So it could be anytime 44-47?
He did say that he was trained in Georgia, and this looks like basic training, or maybe just after. (note 09/2018) just discerned that these were taken at Camp Grant in Rockford Il.
The identities of the other guys in the pictures are lost to history. I cannot identify any of their names and no family recognizes any of them. I wonder what happened to them.
Gramps (James Bales) and Meem (Betty Bales [Astle] were some of the most caring, dear people to me and I will always miss them. However they were not good photographers! And terrible about labeling and dating photos.
U.S. Army Soldiers currently in Initial Entry Training (IET) at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, return home for the holidays during Victory Block Leave on December 18, 2017. Drill sergeants and other cadre assisted and supervised departure operations from Fort Jackson; the nearly 7,000 trainees left from four main transportation hubs, Atlanta, Columbia and Charlotte airports, and an Amtrak station in Columbia, S.C. Victory Block Leave will end on January 3, 2018. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Roby Di Giovine)
Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Ronald L. Green (left) salutes during the pass in review of Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, April 10, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. Green, from Jackson, Miss., was the parade reviewing official for Delta Company’s graduation ceremony. (Photo by Sgt. Jennifer Schubert)
CAPE MAY, N.J. - Personnel at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May hold a remembrance ceremony for Petty Officer 1st Class Douglas Munro at his statue on the parade field, Sept. 27, 2022.
U.S. Coast Guard men and women carry out a wide variety of diverse missions every day. Protecting people and commerce on the sea, protecting the sea itself, and protecting the country from threats aboard. We focus on present-day operations and readiness and strive to be prepared for tomorrow, but certain times compel us, and all Americans, to reflect on our history and heritage. The 80th anniversary of Munro’s extraordinarily heroic actions at Guadalcanal is such a day.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Christian Lower)
My father, Allen H. Searls, is the guy with the dark hair and a serious expression, looking sidelong at the camera, in the middle of the second row from the back. This was at basic training in 1944. Pop re-enslisted (he had served earlier in the Coastal Artillery) to fight in WWII when he was about to turn 36, and was likely the oldest in this collection of dudes.
In January 1998, I went to Fort Benning to attend Bryce's graduation from boot camp / basic training.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, the soldiers are presented with their Infantry Blue Cord - 'turning blue'.
After the ceremony, everyone went to the parade grounds for a demonstration.
On May 20, 2011, the men of ALERT Unit 45 completed nine weeks of Basic Training with a day of advancement ceremonies. Family and friends of the recruits gathered at the soccer field to observe a demonstration of skills the men learned during Basic Training.
CAPE MAY, N.J. - Personnel at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May hold a remembrance ceremony for Petty Officer 1st Class Douglas Munro at his statue on the parade field, Sept. 27, 2022.
U.S. Coast Guard men and women carry out a wide variety of diverse missions every day. Protecting people and commerce on the sea, protecting the sea itself, and protecting the country from threats aboard. We focus on present-day operations and readiness and strive to be prepared for tomorrow, but certain times compel us, and all Americans, to reflect on our history and heritage. The 80th anniversary of Munro’s extraordinarily heroic actions at Guadalcanal is such a day.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Christian Lower)
CAPE MAY, N.J. - Personnel at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May hold a remembrance ceremony for Petty Officer 1st Class Douglas Munro at his statue on the parade field, Sept. 27, 2022.
U.S. Coast Guard men and women carry out a wide variety of diverse missions every day. Protecting people and commerce on the sea, protecting the sea itself, and protecting the country from threats aboard. We focus on present-day operations and readiness and strive to be prepared for tomorrow, but certain times compel us, and all Americans, to reflect on our history and heritage. The 80th anniversary of Munro’s extraordinarily heroic actions at Guadalcanal is such a day.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Christian Lower)
Private First Class Edmund Kazmierski, graduate of Army Basic Training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, SC.
Flickr friend Dennis aka dmp_1959 aka Den photoshopped my scan of the original and now it looks like a million bucks, thanks Den. www.flickr.com/photos/7552532@N07/4502401914/
Allen's Mom took this picture after graduation at Lackland walking back to his dorm. Allen's Dad marched down these same walks in 1970 and got to walk them with his son. I LOVE this picture and think that it is one of the most poignant pictures from Allen's BMT graduation.
PVT Craig Knapp newspaper article of completion of BasicTraining, Fort Jackson, SC at age 27 in 1989. South Bend Tribune, Summer of 1989.
The ALERT Sergeant Major Stephen Winchell and Basic Training Senior Drill Instructor MSgt. Jonathan Archibald take the Basic Training guidon off during the guidon ceremony.
Me in the very front of a formation of recruits in my boot camp company (Great Lakes 89-375) standing at right shoulder arms. I ended up in front because I was the shortest member of the group. From my boot camp "yearbook."
yes the guy was actually asleep like that
Towards the end of basic training, we were preparing for a big barracks inspection. I spent a few hours brassoing a garbage can - it was gleaming! Mark took the garbage out, and that was the last we saw of my gleaming trash can, and Mark.
He went AWOL. Damn, I still miss that garbage can.
Photo of my Company Commanders (CCs) in basic training. ABEC Shell and EN2 Young. From the front page of my boot camp "yearbook."
Firefighter 1 Course held at the Erie County Emergency Services Training and Operations Center with lead SFI Ken Eason. Recruits practiced forcible entry and used power saws for ventilation work. Photos by: Tiger Schmittendorf
More than 600 Airmen assigned to Flights 135-152, graduated from U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, January 31-February 1. Colonel Allison Black, Commander, 1st Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Fla., reviewed the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christa D'Andrea)
Photo by Monica Wood
Basic trainees enjoy some down time to watch the Hinder and Saving Abel concert at Polo Field on Fort Sill, Okla., Sept. 20, 2009. More than 6,000 people attended the concert.
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U.S. Army Soldiers currently in Initial Entry Training (IET) at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, return home for the holidays during Victory Block Leave on December 18, 2017. Drill sergeants and other cadre assisted and supervised departure operations from Fort Jackson; the nearly 7,000 trainees left from four main transportation hubs, Atlanta, Columbia and Charlotte airports, and an Amtrak station in Columbia, S.C. Victory Block Leave will end on January 3, 2018. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Roby Di Giovine)
Bassett Trace Trail Field Trip for Cohort XVI. From left to right: Donna Benson (kneeling), Bill Weldon, Ron Hunt, Robert Ambrose, Tracy Melton, Marie Robertson (kneeling by sign), Sarah Hodges (kneeling by Marie), Lisa Cumming (glasses, standing by sign), Dave Watt, Kristie Hammond, Leisa Clark, Elizabeth Myers, Christine Mason, Dave Beals, Martha Moss. Photo by Shirley Devan