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Pope George Ringo II

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14. During my father's army service ('54-'56), he was told only catholics got posted to Spain

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #11)

Sat Nov 3, 2018, 01:41 PM

Nov 2018

Something to do with keeping Franco and his pet church happy. I can't find anything to confirm this, and it should be mentioned he was posted to sunny Alaska and I gather it was not a lovely spot to spend a few years.

But, if that really was the formal policy, that sort of thing also has implications on American military personnel and freedom of religion. Generally, I do agree that if you're going to send religious people in harm's way, you have to allow them to take their trappings with them.

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During my father's army service ('54-'56), he was told only catholics got posted to Spain Pope George Ringo II Nov 2018 #14

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Apparently they don't have enough faith in their gospel gtar100 Nov 2018 #12

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