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Girard442

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7. I once went on a tour of West Point.

Reply to Ponietz (Original post)

Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:37 PM

Aug 2022

The tour guide seemed to be inordinately proud that Robert E. Lee and other Confederate generals were educated at West Point.

I swear, if Erwin Rommel had graduated West Point, they'd have a statue of him there.

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