. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... ( IJA^XIOKS One of our Instructors at promoted to Major commandingolTtli Field Signal Battalion. six I. .M., retreat, a soldier wasnt. 1. First roll call. :!. (onii)an\- tO arriving. 2. Pig-eon (,ole. 4. Awkward squad. ). Before they had an army haircut. :makix(; soldiers ii» Recruited from the Racific Toast States, where iiiiieh livingout of doors is natural, and rti)resentiny a rather selected ath-letic uroup of men, there is no boast in stating- that our menaii-ived at the Rresidi
. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... ( IJA^XIOKS One of our Instructors at promoted to Major commandingolTtli Field Signal Battalion. six I. .M., retreat, a soldier wasnt. 1. First roll call. :!. (onii)an\- tO arriving. 2. Pig-eon (,ole. 4. Awkward squad. ). Before they had an army haircut. :makix(; soldiers ii» Recruited from the Racific Toast States, where iiiiieh livingout of doors is natural, and rti)resentiny a rather selected ath-letic uroup of men, there is no boast in stating- that our menaii-ived at the Rresidio of .Monterey in better physical conditionthan any similar nund)er of men who might have l)een gatheredtogether any place. All were mentally alert and eager to , army shoes aiul uniforms were not immediatelyavailable and training for the first couple of weeks had to becarried on with men clad in all manner of raiment. Footgearvaried in style from the fashional)le clerks peaked toed even-ing shoes to the hob-naihd hiking l)0()ts of the : After two or three hours of stiff setting-up exercisesand several hours drill in the school of the soldier, men discov-ered they had nuiscles whicli they had long forgot
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