the heat and swamps of Ft. Polk was why I opted to enlist for armor with Basic training and assignment to 194th Armored Brigade at Ft. Knox, instead of enlisting to be an infantryman in my late brother-in-laws’ Army National Guard company....All of their enlistees went to Ft. Polk for 6 months of basic and infantry AIT. :)
Heh!.....my Dad (from upstate NY) was stationed at Polk during WWII. Which is where he met my Mom (Louisiana girl). Which is why I ended up pitching hay bales in August.