Oral History of Dick Groskey
Orlando (Fla.)
Altamonte Springs (Fla.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Air Force
World War II--United States
Metalworking industries--United States
An oral history of Dick Groskey, conducted by Joseph Morris on October 28, 2011. Born in Springfield, Ohio, Groskey migrated with his family to Orlando, Florida, in the early 1950s. In the interview, he discusses migrating to Florida, growing up in Ohio, how Orlando and Central Florida has changed over time, his experience contracting with various companies and government institutions, the metalworking industry, business taxes, his service in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, and his wife and children.
Morris, Joseph
Groskey, Dick
Groskey, Dick. Interviewed by Joseph Morris. October 28, 2011. Audio record available. <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Vickers, Savannah
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Orlando, Florida
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Walnut Hills, Dayton, Ohio
Myitkyina West, Kachin, Burma
Rifle Drill Team at Recruit Training Center Orlando
Orlando (Fla.)
Navy
Sailors--United States
Drills, Marching
A rifle drill team performing during the graduation of a co-educational recruit company at Naval Training Center (NTC) Orlando. NTC Orlando was in operation from 1968 to 1998 and was one of three recruit training centers used by the U.S. Navy. It resided in the area that is now the community of Baldwin Park. During the 30 years that NTC Orlando was operational, more than 650,000 men and women were transformed from civilians to sailors. Beginning in 1973, NTC Orlando became the Navy's only co-educational recruit training center. Following an intense eight week training program, the various companies would march along the vast field know as the "Grinder" and pass before the base commanders for review. This ceremony would mark the completion of their transformation from civilians to sailors.
Defense Visual Information Center, American Forces Information Service, <a href="http://www.defense.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Defense</a>
Original color photographs, 1992: <a href="http://www.archives.gov/" target="_blank">National Archives at College Park</a>, U.S. Department of Defense.
<a href="http://www.archives.gov/" target="_blank">National Archives at College Park</a>, U.S. Department of Defense
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Naval Training Center Orlando, Orlando, Florida
Orlando Recruit Training Center Graduation
Orlando (Fla.)
Navy
Graduation ceremonies
Sailors--United States
Flagbearers carry religious flags during the graduation of a co-ed recruit company at the Orlando Naval Training Center in 1992. NTC Orlando was in operation from 1968-1998 and was one of three recruit training centers used by the Unites States Navy. It resided in the area that is now the community of Baldwin Park. During the thirty years that NTC Orlando was operational, more than 650,000 men and women were transformed from civilians to sailors. Beginning in 1973, NTC Orlando became the Navy's only co-educational recruit training center. Following an intense eight week training program, the various companies would march along the vast field know as the "Grinder" and pass before the base commanders for review. This ceremony would mark the completion of their transformation from civilians to sailors.
Defense Visual Information Center, American Forces Information Service, <a href="http://www.defense.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Defense</a>
Original color photograph, 1992: <a href="http://www.archives.gov/" target="_blank">National Archives at College Park</a>, U.S. Department of Defense.
<a href="http://www.archives.gov/" target="_blank">National Archives at College Park</a>, U.S. Department of Defense
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Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida
Recruit Training Center Orlando Graduation Review
Orlando (Fla.)
Navy
Graduation ceremonies
Sailors--United States
The members of a co-educational recruit company pass in review at Naval Training Center (NTC) Orlando. NTC Orlando was in operation from 1968 to 1998 and was one of three recruit training centers used by the U.S. Navy. It resided in the area that is now the community of Baldwin Park. Beginning in 1973, NTC Orlando became the Navy's only co-ed recruit training center. Following an intense 8-week training program, the various companies would march along the vast field know as the "Grinder" and pass before the base commanders for review. This ceremony would mark the completion of their transformation from civilians to sailors.
Defense Visual Information Center, American Forces Information Service, <a href="http://www.defense.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Defense</a>
Original color photographs, July 24, 1992: image 6476857, <a href="http://research.archives.gov/description/6274097" target="_blank">Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files</a>, National Archives at College Park, U.S. Department of Defense.
<a href="http://www.archives.gov/" target="_blank">National Archives at College Park</a>, U.S. Department of Defense
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Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida
Recruit Training Sounds to Remember
Orlando (Fla.)
Orlando, Fla. Naval Training Center
United States. Navy
Seven-inch, 33 1/3 speed record titled "Recruit Training - Sounds to Remember" Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida. The record was produced by the Walsworth Publishing Company of Marceline, Missouri.<br /><br />The Orlando Naval Training Center (NTC) was commissioned on July 1, 1968 and built on land formerly used for the Orlando Air Base, which was decommissioned in 1946. Construction for the second camp began in 1969 and was scheduled to be completed by mid-1973, the year in which Orlando became the only site of recruit training for enlisted women. The NTC closed on March 31, 1995.
Orlando Naval Training Center
Original 33 1/3 speed record by Orlando Naval Training Center: "Recruit Training: Sounds to Remember": <a href="http://www.walsworth.com/" target="_blank">Walsworth Publishing Company</a>, Marceline, Missouri: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
<a href="http://www.walsworth.com/" target="_blank">Walsworth Publishing Company</a>
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Orlando Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida