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Roger Nordstrom | all galleries >> Service to My Country >> Vietnam 1970-1971: A Grunt Remembers >> Basic Training - Ft. Ord > Basic Platoon
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21Mar2006

Basic Platoon

Ft. Ord, Ca

These were the guys that I went through basic training with. They are:

1st Row: Moreno, Herron, Schaffer, Viev, Lanyon (Drill Sergeant), Battles, Dietro, John Lewis
2nd Row: Cox, Larry Wilson, Gallo, Krieg, Woller, Holtz, Quivedo, James
3rd Row: Padilla, Krause, Rife, ?, Seay, Gerald Scott, Mayer, Larry Scott, Kirkham, Mazac, Erskine
4th Row: Laster, Wilder, Thompson, Westphal, Gallegos, Forster, Montoya, Patania, Morris, Frey, Vega, Mishinski
5th Row: Me, Wilson, Gradowski, Dreckman, Curtis, Bryant, Rogers, Patty, Burrison, Thrift, Gordon, Manning


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Don La Fever 29-Dec-2024 23:41
I was in H-3-1 in 1967, we had our photo taken October 02, 1967.
Gary Alldredge 11-Jul-2016 03:20
I was a Drill Sergeant at D-3-1 9/1968--5/69
Stan Wilson 07-Jan-2013 03:33
Anyone in this picture remember Larry Wilson? Please email me if you do. Thanks!
dan hext 03-Oct-2012 00:25
that's what i remember ,,seem's like all the ds were litle guy's with attitude,,course i was only 18,mine had more medals than god,,scared the sht out of everyone
Guest 09-Jun-2010 01:45
Mazac here. Why am I the only one tipping his head to the side like a puppy?
Roger Nordstrom23-Mar-2006 19:02
I made that mistake once. I repeat once. I quickly learned my lesson.
Dave Beedon22-Mar-2006 22:53
If you absentmindedly called your Drill Sergeant "sir," did he say in reply, "Don't call me 'sir'---I WORK for a living!"?