Bio: Schmidt, Larry W. – ROTC Cadet Training (1974)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Schmidt

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 22 Aug 1974

Cadet Larry W. Schmidt, son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Schmidt, Rt. 1, Colby, and a member of the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, Army Reserve Officers Training Corps, was one of more than 8,000 college cadets from 290 colleges and universities across the country to attend summer camp at five active Army installations.

Cadet Schmidt attended the six week camp at Fort Riley, Kansas. In addition to Fort Riley, Cadets also trained at Fort Lewis, Washington, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Fort Knox, Kentucky, and Fort Benning, George.

The camps test the cadet’s ROTC classroom knowledge by posing tough mental and physical challenges. The training was very rigorous and designed to build the cadet’s confidence and self-discipline.