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Allergy. In Milwaukee, when police tried to arrest him for being AWOL, Private John D. Lattimore, 24, attacked his captors, later explained to the judge: "Any kind of an officer-Army or police -makes me nervous...
...Legitimate Wheel. So far as Rocky was concerned, only one thing was worse than being in jail: being in the Army. Drafted in 1942, just as he was beginning a career in professional boxing, he rebelled against military discipline, flattened his captain with a fast right, went AWOL from Fort Dix, N.J. and wound up in the disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. A connoisseur of jails by then, Rocky found the Army brand the worst. "All I can say is, stay out of any prison run by a bunch of amateurs...
Talce-Offs & Landings. In Buffalo, police finally caught up with elusive Airman Frederick R. Scott. 24, after he had gone AWOL six times, re-enlisted five times with the aid of fake discharge papers, collected some $4,000 in re-enlistment bonuses...
...Signed an executive order increasing the penalties for servicemen who go AWOL...
Reunited with his buddies, Frenchy found himself something of a hero. His name was taken off the AWOL list, and he was promoted to pfc. for his devotion to duty. His own explanation was not so singleminded, or so simpleminded, as all that. "I got no kicks," said Frenchy. "I had it pretty good. Those guys were bringing me chow, and I didn't stand no reveille...