Portal:Ft Bragg 1973-1974 Men/Intro
From US Armed Forces Rugby
The fall of 1973 loomed ominous and we all looked forward to a great season. Sadly, due to unforeseen events our games and season were cut short and rugby like everything else on base was aborted on 25 October when Nixon ordered DEFCON 3. The Yom Kippur War which began on October 6 had already led to base activities being curtailed but this ended it all. The base was closed and many of us were readied for deployment Thus, our most successful season ended with 6 wins and only one loss including clobbering NC State (We were 0-5 with them at the time), Davidson, and Camp LeJeune.
