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The Polack MSgt

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5. In the entire DoD there is only one base named after an enlisted soldier

Reply to COL Mustard (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 11:31 AM

Jun 2020

CPL Frank Scott died in a traing flight - Wilbur Wright was training him and other balloon/dirigible observers on piloting the Wright Flyer.

Scott AFB is named after him

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Who was Roy Benavidez, the man whose name some say should replace Confederate general's at Fort Hood [View all] douglas9 Jun 2020 OP

Master Sergeant Raul Perez "Roy" Benavidez (August 5, 1935 - November 29, 1998) atreides1 Jun 2020 #1

This guy was a genuine bad ass. The Polack MSgt Jun 2020 #2

I Would Never Have Wanted To Cross Him COL Mustard Jun 2020 #3

In the entire DoD there is only one base named after an enlisted soldier The Polack MSgt Jun 2020 #5

I Did Not Know That COL Mustard Jun 2020 #6

IMO Ft. Bragg would be better DashOneBravo Jun 2020 #4

Agreed TEB Jun 2020 #7

I heard of him before I signed up in 77. denbot Jun 2020 #8