(Revised to correct run-on words)
In my first book “Patches and Pins”, I talk about the day that my boss realized that there was more to life than just “working in the Army”. Here’s that story told again with more detail, now that I am retired and the “statute of limitations” has expired on this aspect of my life – more than 30 years ago now.
As a new officer, I was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division Forward in Goppingen, Germany. The “forward” referred to the “Forward Brigade-plus” which was stationed in southern Germany. During the Final War with the USSR, the Brigade-plus would be supplemented with German and French forces along the Inter-German Border (IGB) and “hold the line in place”, keeping the Soviets from crossing over until the rest of the American Division, stationed in Kansas, would join us in the defensive fight as one Division. The mission was to “stand and slow them down”.
Within 24 hours of my arrival (thanks to Kenneth Davis and some others), I was given commands to “fix my Boy Scouting program and serve as the Scoutmaster of the Troop” by the one-star Division Forward Commander. That same day, I was “instructed” by my boss, the Battalion Commander of the “Blue Spaders”
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