I told him he should demand a hearing since an adverse discharge can compromise the character of your discharge. He declined as follows: I’ve done my job. I was to start the underground newspaper. I’m ready to go home. A bad discharge is what I need for credibility back home. […]
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Ft. Jackson 8 GI Anti-VN War Group
2. My clients were: 1. Tommy Woodfin 2. Andrew Pulley 1. Pulley later ran for President on Socialist Workers Party ticket in early 70s 2. I saw a poster soliciting votes for himand his campaign literature at NYU while there for a class at NYU Law School. He was speaking in NYC. 3. Civilian Lawyers were: 1. […]
Most Expensive Divorce Lawyer in Columbia, SC
A very successful lawyer in Columbia gave potential clients the following information: I am the best divorce lawyer in Columbia and the most expensive. You will have to write me a history of your marriage starting from the day you met your husband You will have to hire a private detective to follow your […]
Black Stockade Commander at Ft. Jackson
When a Black MP was Taking over as Stockade Officer, he quickly called a meeting of all black prisoners in the Stockade. He began the meeting by telling the prisoners that he believed in Black Power. When the cheering stopped, he quickly added that he was the black power in that Stockade.. […]
General Hollingsworth at Ft. Jackson
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My Grandfather Woodward
Put barbed wire on his front porch steps to keep people from coming to his front door. Would shoot neighbor’s cats when cats entered his yard. Once tackled a milkman early in the morning as he cut across my grandfather’s yard to make a delivery to another customer. In those days, milk was delivered in […]
My Grandmother Woodward
1. Played the piano for me. Two songs I recall are “My Alice Blue Gown” and “It’s Three O’clock in the Morning.” 2. Taught me how to tat. a process similar to knitting that was the basis for lace. 3. Pronounced “room” as “rum” and “roof’ as “ruff with a short “u” as in “up.” […]
Trains Between Sheffield, AL and Columbia, SC
Train to SC from Ala 1. The Southern Railway trains went through Chattanooga and the mountains of Tennessee 2. The train would stop at the bottom of Lookout Mountain and wait for a special engine to arrive from behind to push while the standard engine pulled to get the train over the Tennessee mountains 3. […]
Military Intelligence Inquiry
1. Someone left a msg for me on the answering machine asking only that I call a certain p[one number. 2. When I called that number, it turned out the phone was answered with only the last 4 digits of the phone number left earlier for me to call. 3. It turned out that the […]
McMaster Elementary School – First Grade
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