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involved cold weather survival techniques, warfare techniques, skiing, snow shoe training, etc. The entire Battalion was involved in this training during the Winter of 1964-65.
L-to R ( front row ) Asbury, Kozak, Boryszewski
The day to day training for E co. was tedious, tiring and depending on the Season, hot, chilly, dry, cold and wet. Through the rigors of our training the platoons, the companies of 2/7 learned to work together—learned how to communicate, to implement a variety of strategies and tactics for raiding an enemy compound, destroying an enemy structure, gaining entry into an enemy location thru the air, on the water and on the ground while building our endurance and stamina. At the end of a typical day the troops would clean their gear and enjoy a little free time . The Company officers would often meet in the CO’s office and debrief the CO re. our activities that day, personnel issues, etc. I commuted from Carlsbad along with several other Lt.s and often we didn’t get home until well after dark. This routine went on during the months remaining in 1964 through the Christmas Season and into the first months of 1965 Kay had somehow become pregnant with our first born sometime in Aug. of 1964. Our baby was due in April 1965 . Kay and the other wives that lived in the ‘Pine Ave. Apts.’ in Carlsbad— The Doss’s, the Archers, the Bests, the Alls and others kept each other company, shopped together, etc.—several were pregnant and ‘due’ about the same time! Hugh Doss, another ‘classmate’ from basic School was actually transferred from F Co. where he was a platoon leader out of 2/7 in
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