Posted on Nov 26, 2013
Has anyone here ever lived in a World War II barracks?
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In 1974, Sheppard AFB had them as well as Lackland, and Chanute AFB. No kidding but I would actually dream about them. One colonel said he never saw a barracks as clean as he saw ours and he sent me to leadership school and made me a Yellow Rope.
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While I was in the Guard in Texas I did summer training on a WWII base that was later used as a helicopter pilot training base during the Vietnam war
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While in the Guard in Texas I did my summer training on an old WWII base that was later used during the Vietnam era to train helicopter pilots. The barracks there were 3 stories tall.
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I had spent a few days in one at FT. Gordon back in '89. About seven months later, I had also spent about six weeks in another WWII barracks at the "Old Post" on Ft. Drum. About three years later, for PLDC, I was back at "Old Post", once again.
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Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures. Back then, I didn't realize the importance of those buildings.
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Germany has a rap sheet in a manner of speaking CSM Maynard. But also gives us a glimpse into the past and the significance of the history we lived in.
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Cpl Glynis Sakowicz
When I was in Germany, during the early 70's in the Army, we lived in WWII barracks that still had bullet holes in them from Gen Patton's troops, or so we were told by those living near the base.
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Many many times. Started in the early 70's while a Naval Sea Cadet at NAS Willow Grove. Then in 1978 while at ROTC Advanced Camp in Fort Bragg. I recently visited and most have been removed. The last time, and probably the worst, was in 2006 at Fort McCoy while training for deployment to OIF. These were worse than those at Fort Bragg. 3 showers, 3 sinks and 3 toilets for two floors of Soldiers. Only a floor fan for ventilation. In some places you could look through the cracks in the walls to the outside. Not sure if it would have been better in the winter, than in the 100 degree summer. Prisoners in our jails and prisons are treated better. The tent cities in the theater were much better.
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My first EOD unit at Ft Bragg 1986. The 18th had two barracks and HQ building for 15 people in the old 82d area. Had the pleasure of doing breached entries using flex X
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I never lived in WWII barracks while I was in the Navy, but I lived in one while I was employed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2002. Denver Steel provided barracks at LANL in the 1940's for the Manhattan project. Many of the barracks still exist today, but have been converted into privately owned homes. The home I lived in was drafty and hard to keep warm. Sucked during the winter months.
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CMDCM Gene Treants
When I joined in 1966, I was sent to Great Lakes. Both Boot Camp and Service Schools COmmand had their shares of the old WWII Barracks. My first part of Boot Camp and then BEE and all fo ET"A" were in the 500 block of SSC - both in WWII Barracks. Great Lakes. Summer was 3 days in July - lol
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From '67 - '70 - I'm thinking everything in BCT (Ft. Lewis), AIT (Ft. Sam) and Jump School (Ft Benning) was WWII vintage. Training Group in Bragg were in yellow multi-story building that looked kinda new, but Lettermen General was all WWII vintage even thought the old hospital had been upgraded to a brand new building.
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A few times. First with "C" Co., 4th LAR at Tooele Army Depot (and patrolled them as a DA Police Officer) and at Fort Leonardwood for SRT School and the DA Academy. The DA Academy Schoolhouse and barracks buildings had been there since WWI. The night we arrived they had tornado warnings and wanted us to evac to a newer building... We told the senior NCO that we were fine right where we were. He didn't argue with the logic.. HA! (Could only find a pic of the Tooele Barracks buildings)
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