I was stationed at Ft. A.P. Hill Va. for the last three months of my tour of duty with the US Army. Sept. 1969 to Jan. 1970. At the time, it was approximately 15,000 acres of real estate located off Rt. 301 in Bolling Green, Va. It was used as a reserve training base. The military also maintained a beautiful hunting lodge that was used by the elites. (military and civilian) It doubled as a game preserve. Quail hunting was a popular sport. Deer hunting was also popular. The US Army had a taxidermist on staff at this place. I was in the Military Police at the time and was transferred there for the hunting season in the fall of 69. Prime Virginia property as I recall, and a good place to train troops. Many good times were had in Fredericksburg Va. As I recall, there were about 3000 girls at the Mary Washington College.(now University)It was a nice place to spend the last three months of a miserable three years.
I spent a delightful couple weeks at A.P. Hill in the winter of 1962-63 maintaining my infantry readiness while serving with The Old Guard. There were no girls involved although I did pull debutant escort duty a few times. The most memorable one was a niece of LBJ’s who, thankfully I didn’t have to arm wrestle for the bar tab.