Replying to a message of TIM RICHARDSON to BOB ACKLEY:

 BA>> I have to note that in the late 1960s,
 BA>> the paperwork and orders originated for my outfit came from the
 BA>> 6970th Support Group at Fort Meade, MD, and had that address on all
 BA>> its correspondence, BA>orders and forms; at the time my unit was
 BA>> located on Okinawa, just about halfway around the world from the
 BA>> 6970th.


 TR> I recieved various things of an official nature from different
 TR> commands in the Army when I was in that were issued here in the
 TR> states somewhere, and I was in Vietnam, 14 thousand miles away. So
 TR> what?


 TR> I took basic at Ft Dix, NJ, but I was discharged at Ft Lewis, WA. And
 TR> it says Ft Lewis, WA on my discharge.

At the time of separation I presume you were physically located at Fort Lewis.

 TR> Why would Sauer's discharge be issued at Lackland Air Force Base if he
 TR> was at Lowry in Colorado?

Because the parent unit with the personnel/command function was at Lackland
rather than Lowry.

Hundreds, probably thousands, of AF people were separated at Travis AFB, CA,
and at Dover AFB, DE, even though they'd never been stationed there.  These
were people who had only a few months remaining on their hitches when their
overseas tours were up, and it was cheaper to discharge them on arrival at the
port than move them to some stateside base for a couple of months and then
discharge them there.

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