[Milsurplus] "U.S. Army Infantry Training Center Fort Ord Company C 9th Battle Group 3rd Brigade" book from 9 / 1959

[boeing377 at gmail.com]

Have done a lot of skydiving from the old Ft Ord airfield now called the
Marina airport. Here is a video of a ham radio jump. I made there.

Mark AF6IM

https://youtu.be/dWimbrpGF14?is=g-iMRkQQvX0cq0hN




On Sat, Aug 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM Hubert Miller via Milsurplus <
milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> I was at Fort Ord in 1955, but as a small civilian. It was not a bad place
> at all for a youngster.
>
> I have bought a couple books in recent years to try to identify the
> housing provided for dependents,
>
> no luck. The search goes on, but it’s not at all critical. Monterey was a
> good place to spend time.
>
> Fort Ord is closed now. I’m sure i’m priced out of that area. I don’t know
> how i would cope with an
>
> area with so much sunshine. So different from coastal Oregon.
>
>
>
> I recall horned toads, easy to catch. Also the sounds of the machine guns
> firing in the distance. And
>
> lots of other fun things.
>
>
>
> I have the hardbound, excellent condition book named in the title of this
> post. I cannot keep
>
> every interesting book in the world. I offer this book, mailed cost-free,
> to anyone with a legitmate
>
> interest in Fort Ord. The legitimate part is not some hard and fast rule.
> There may be a delay while i
>
> find a suitable box for the book. I probably bought it because of my
> nostalgic memories of the base
>
> and maybe a try to identify parts of the base. The easiest way for me to
> dispose of it would be for me
>
> to donate it to the PTOL Thrift Store in Newport, Oregon, but the people
> who might be interested in it
>
> are probably very very few and it might end up in the outside rack for a
> fraction of a doller price. I think
>
> it deserves better than that.
>
>
>
> Part of it is of course photos of the graduating Infantry class. But there
> are lots of pages on drill, training
>
> on various weapons, base buildings, arriving on bus as a raw young male
> civilian, lots of interesting
>
> photos, even one of GIs with a PRC-8/9/10.
>
>
>
> Probably, i suppose, anyone who went thru basic while i was in First Grade
> has moved beyond by now.
>
> -Hue Miller
>
>
>
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