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Fort Bragg Memoir Draws Easy Target From Camp Life
Private Marion Hargrove recalls induction at Fort Bragg with humor about kitchen duties KP and cook life. He recounts a ten day furlough in New York, clashes with civilian temptations, Thanksgiving toil, and the rough camaraderie of rookies including Simmons Jones and Johnny Lisk.
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Marion Hargrove
North Carolina
Army
Fort Bragg
Hargrove
New York
Providence
Vermont
Phooey
Orville D. Pope
Lollie Buchman
Battery A
Buchman
Pappy
Sergeant Pope
Maury Sher
Maury
Madison Barracks
Service Club
Johnny Lisk
Simmons Jones
Charlotte News
Simmons
Johnny
Lisk
Pvt
T. Mulvehill
Thos. Mulvehille
Pfc
Tom Mulvehill
Thomas Mulvehill
Pvt. Or
Blankth Battalion
Zilch College
Mulvehill
Tyro
New York City
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mulve