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  • Soldier called back to duty on day before retirement

    10/15/2006 10:38:58 PM PDT · by World_Events · 14 replies · 1,038+ views
    CBS2Chicago ^ | 10/15/06 | CBS2Chicago
    LINDENHURST, Ill. (AP) An Army staff sergeant was days away from retirement after a 20-year military career when he was ordered to return to his unit, which will be deployed to Iraq at the end of the month. James Engle applied for retirement in January and later received a retirement award from the Army during a ceremony in Texas. On Sept. 20 he was told paperwork was missing and he should report to his unit, the 1st Cavalry Division. Late last month, the Army denied his retirement request along with a request to exempt him from his unit's deployment saying...