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To: markomalley
If I remember right, at one point in military history, a new recruit was given a New Testament.
11 posted on 06/13/2013 6:02:36 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek (")
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To: Coldwater Creek
If I remember right, at one point in military history, a new recruit was given a New Testament.

At Great Lakes NTC in 1961 we were not issued one, but we were told that the only books we were permitted to possess during boot camp were the Bible and the Bluejacket's Manual.

16 posted on 06/13/2013 7:49:30 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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