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To: GlockThe Vote

you mean the “bonus army”?


31 posted on 12/19/2010 12:52:14 PM PST by henry_reardon
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To: henry_reardon

His lineage, the time at vmi and west point, the olympics where he got 5th in the pentahlon, etc.

As for the bonus army stuff, he was not alone in that and was following orders. Yes it sucked and the govt was to blame for not honoring its obligations, not patton individually.


42 posted on 12/19/2010 1:10:31 PM PST by GlockThe Vote (Who needs Al Queda to worry about when we have Obama?)
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