On this date in 1966, I was on my way to basic training at Fort Campbell, KY....

[kentuck]

I remember walking out of that dark hollow on an October 4th morning of 1966 to catch a bus that would take a bunch of us to Fort Campbell, Kentucky. I was then 19 years old and a man, whether I was ready or not?
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The next morning -- still in our civilian clothes -- we played touch football as we anticipated our progression from a "recruit" to a "private" in the U.S. Army. Off in the distance, I could hear Loretta Lynn's voice coming from the nearby EM Club -- singing something about Uncle Sam being a "busy man" and sending her man to "Viet Nam". It all sounded like a very distant drum.

[JudyM]

1. What a memory.

Years of perspective later….

Thanks for serving, for all of us.

[jrandom421]

2. Hearing the Monkees a year later

sing 'Last Train to Clarksville".

[kentuck]

3. I remember that song very well...

Since Clarksville was just out the gate at Fort Campbell.

[yellowdogintexas]

4. I grew up just north of Clarksville.

Glad you made it home from that quagmire

[kentuck]

5. You are probably familiar with "Hoptown"?

[WhiteJack51]

6. Fort Campbell Basic 1966

My father did basic training at Fort Campbell in November of 1966 name was Sammy White. Did you know him by chance?