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Author's Notes

Screenwriter's Notes

Dedication

Prologue, and Chapter 1: "Doc Tweed"

Glossary
  Digger
  Dogface
  Brownjob
  Grunt

 

Court's Military Time Capsule

 

3 June 1959, Commissioned 2nd Lt . ,RA , West Point, New York

 

August 1959 — May 1960,

Basic Officer's Artillery Course, Fort Sill

Ranger School and Airborne School, Fort Benning, GA

 

May 1960 — May 1963

1st Battle Group 504th Infantry, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Promoted to 1st Lt, 3 December 1961, Fort Bragg, N.C.,

Basic Airborne School Cadre, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Special Warfare Center Cadre (MATA) , Fort Bragg, N.C.

 

May 1963 — August 1965

Promoted to Captain June 1963,

Battery Commander Ansbach Germany, 4 / 57th Artillery (Hawk)

 

September 1965 — March 1966

Artillery Advanced Course, Fort Sill, OK and Fort Bliss, TX

 

1966 Court

 

April 1966 — April 1967

Charlie Battery, 319th Artillery, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Ben Hua, RVN

 

May 1967 — July 1969

Instructor ROTC, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

Promoted to Major June 1967

 

August 1969 to August 1970

Battalion S-3, 8/4 Artillery (175mm/8"), Dong Ha, RVN

Battalion Command 8/4 Artillery, June — August 1970

 

1970 Vietnam

 

August 1970 — June 1975

August '70 — Jun '71, Student, Command and General Staff College.
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

June '71 — June '72, Student, University of Missouri, Kansas City

June '72 — June '75, Instructor, Department of Strategy, CGSC

Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel January 1975

 

July 1975 — June 1979

July 1975 — March 1977, Lance Battalion Commander, Aschaffenburg, Germany

March 1977 — June 1978, Asst G1, VII Corps, Stuttgart Germany

 

June 1979 — July 1981

June 1979 — December 1979, XO, JCS Representative to SALT II Negotiations

Promoted to Colonel January 1980

December 1979 — May 1981, Chief Plans Division, Middle East and Africa, J-5, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon

 

Back to TopMay 1981 — December 1983

June 1981 — December 1981, Chief High Technology Test Bed, Fort Lewis, Washington

December 1981 — December 1983, Inspector General I Corps and Fort Lewis

 

31 December 1981 Retired.

 

   
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