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If there was some "mischief" happening at his battery in Korea (or in basic, for that matter), Dad was probably at the root of it! On the transport ship out of Seattle, he and his buddies learned how the Sargent picked soldiers for watch. Basically, the Sarge would place a towel over the foot of their bunks, then the Patrol Sargent would come in later that night to wake those men for guard duty. When the towel was placed on Dad's bed, he'd move it to somebody else's!

Another one took place during basic. He and his platoon were picked to wait tables for the Jewish men for Passover. Some waited tables, some unloaded trucks loaded with the Passover wine and capons (castrated roosters). Several cases of wine and several frozen capons didn't make it to the kitchen that night, and Dad and his buddies had one heck of a party!!!!

While he was in Korea, he almost made Lieutenant, until he busted one (literally! Dad said he was a "dumba$$") and was busted back to private. Before his tour ended, he was back to Corporal and almost made Sargent, because he was the section chief for his battery of 105's. When he rotated out, during the 5 week trip from Tokyo to Seattle, the war ended...

Dad passed away on 29 January 1997, from complications following heart surgery, age 66 years 7 months. I miss him......