Throwback Thursday: EWU Army ROTC Cadet Attends Advanced Camp in 1965

jerry mellick at summer camp 1965

With some of our Eastern Washington University (EWU) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Cadets still going through Advanced Camp this summer.  I thought it would be fun to show one of our alumni going through Advanced Camp back in 1965 at Ft. Lewis, Washington.  Does any of our EWU Army ROTC alumni recognize the pictured individual?

By the way here is a picture of the sleeping accommodations at Advanced Camp back then:

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  1. For the record, those “tents” were comprised from Shelter Halves”. Put together, made a decent two man tent. However, you needed an even number of soldiers to make it work.

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