Barry Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 << Maybe not in the conventional sense, but the army have a substantial base there. >> Yup. I worked for the Army at Redstone Arsenal for 5 years. My father retired from the Marshall Space Flight Center. I suppose you could call Washington DC an "army town" too, since it has the Pentagon and a lot of other military installations. Here's the "town": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama Shame they didn't leave it with the name Twickenham! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Nobody much like Leroy Pope. He was a rich fella who bought up everything and had the fanciest home in the early town. He decided to name it after his umpteenth cousin, whom he'd never even met. As soon as folks got a chance, they changed the name just to spite Pope, not out of any gratitude to John Hunt. (One of the historic districts is named Twickenham.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Nobody much like Leroy Pope. He was a rich fella who bought up everything and had the fanciest home in the early town. He decided to name it after his umpteenth cousin, whom he'd never even met. As soon as folks got a chance, they changed the name just to spite Pope, not out of any gratitude to John Hunt. (One of the historic districts is named Twickenham.) I used to live in Twickenham in the UK and the name Pope appears a lot in street names etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 That would be Alexander Pope most likely. He lived and died in Twickenham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Yup. He's the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 This guy just did not read his contract when he signed it. But that does not work as they read it to you! And he must have missed the part about recall when they READ HIM his dd 214 when he got out. I am sorry but I have no sympathy for this guy. They have been activating the IRR since 2003, so there is no way he did not know there was a chance of it. And if he did that, he should have stayed in the extra 2 years and saved himself the 10 years in prison, the fact that NO ONE will hire him, and the chance of a winning number for the firing squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Nah, firing squads went out with Eddie Slovik. Ike caught hell over that and it was the last one. Even guys who defected to the commies have only got a BCD. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Slovik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Oh I know that. Which is why I said a chance. I have people though on their 5th tour that would volunteer to be in the line.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 I heard that some soldiers have spent more time in Iraq then what some USA soldiers had spent fighting in WWII? Any truth to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Well, for us soldiers sent to war in 1943-1945, yes almost certainly. On of my cousins got to Germany in April 1945. He was there like maybe 4 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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