Didn’t see any gators around Ft. Jackson when I was there for Advanced Infantry training in 1971.
Did my Basic at Ft. Jackson in 83, my barracks were called “old Hollywood” because of the newer barracks “new Hollywood “ on post. I guess they were “Hollywood “ to you, better than the metal dome huts or old wooden barracks of the past.
In’72 I made a number of trips to Jackson as a tech rep working on the printing equipment. Ten years earlier I had been there for a Navy induction physical.