Posted on Sep 19, 2020
Fort Ord: Eroded by the sea, what's left of a military legacy? | Bartell's Backroads
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It’s been a long time since the morning bugle last sounded off. It’s been even longer since boots marched through the barracks. The shooting range is silent, the noisy roads are covered with grass and the old mess hall with the ruckus of chow time simply doesn’t exist anymore. The only sounds left at Fort Ord are of the wind piling up the sand, and the waves breaking them down at what is now a California state park.
Fort Ord
WWII World War Two
Korea
Vietnam
Training
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I was hoping for more footage of the post proper. When I got to Ord there was a full combat division stationed there. When I left, Mine were the only quarters on my street that didn't have boards on the windows. Nobody was allowed on those stretches of beach because of the probability of unexploded ordnance. I'm glad it got cleaned up.
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It’s a damn shame more of it isn’t being put to good use. Spent 88 to 91 there, well at least when not at Hunter Liggett or in Egypt or Panama.
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