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CO being convicted at Courts-Martial. The convicted CO later went on to kill
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Excellent and fascinating bits of interesting and related history! Great post.
But good thing duels were outlawed, having personally witnessed this:
At the Miramar O'Club and at a table of perhaps 8 players, and an equal or much greater number watching (these were big games with cash stacked high on the table and it drew spectators), sat a retired CDR Bucher. In civilian clothes, he was still senior in a game that involved mostly O-3s and O-4s, with maybe a token O-2 or O-5.
Another CDR in uniform rose from his table nearby and came over to our table.
He said, "You're CDR Bucher, aren't you?" The good Commander turned to him and said, "Yes I am." At which time the man standing thrust his full drink directly into CDR Bucher's face.
CDR Bucher rose and instantly attacked the intruder with a vengeance! It took all eight of us to pull him off, and to tell the drink throwing CDR he'd better leave – Now!
All that done, we sat down and continued on with the game.
[But it was a real tragedy, after all the pain and suffering he endured in North Korea, while brutal, it was short-lived compared to some of the many personal affronts he suffered for many years, and long after his scape-goating court martial. May he RIP, finally]
