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To: LindyBill who wrote (211180)	7/8/2007 8:20:12 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794357

Speaking of that, I have been meaning to ask if you knew Tiger's Father, Earl. Did not know him. Have no recollection of ever meeting him. Do know about him. Got some background about 2 years ago when Tiger visited SF at Ft Bragg. Earl went through SF Training Group in 63 and went to Nam with 5th SF Group in 1970. Have no idea what he did in the interim. I finished SFTG in 62 and was overseas on A Teams for 7 of the next 10 years. If Earl was involved with the Public Affairs Office, I definitely would not know him. Back then I avoided staff members like the plague. The only friends I had served with me on A Teams. I was not in Nam in 70 so did not know him there. I left in Dec 69 and went directly to Berlin to take command of an A Team there. If Tiger was born on Cypress, his dad was likely in the FAO program (Foreign Affairs Officer). With the personnel draw down in the 70s, some SF officers got into that as a secondary skill. I did not go that route. Still, I managed to get nearly 4 more years overseas time in late 70s. As far as I can figure out, Tiger never spent any time on an Army base. With his dad active or retired, Tiger would have had a military dependent ID card till he was 18 years old. Older if he went to college. Even as a kid, that ID was his ticket to all bases and military recreational facilities. When I get out your way, I'll take you to the Hale Koa for a tour. The military rec facilities are impressive today.