I'm sorry girls, you didn't want to get up at 0500, I'll come back at 0900 to see if you are all ready for todays training. I am just a graduate of the soft spoken D.I. course so I hope I didn't wake you.
I went through Signal Corps basic at Camp Gordon, GA in 1951. I was amazed at the soft-spoken treatment we got from the NCOs, most of whom seemed to be reserves called up for active duty. It was only a six week cycle. One sergeant, though, looked us over one morning and said: "I see why all of you are in the Signal Corps. I don't see a man here who could make it in the Infantry!"