Thanks for the history. I suspect Lucian K. Truscott IV has never ever worn a military uniform and possesses some animous towards his Grandfather who wore it with distinction. I can’t stand it when no nothing pussy’s are given space to rag on the military.
Actually, Truscott IV briefly wore the uniform (after a legacy appointment to West Point), and was essentially drummed out for being a rabble-rouser as a Lieutenant.
I served with a Lucian Truscott, must have been Truscott III or maybe II
Having a brilliant scion is a hard act to maintain through multiple generations as the gene pool gets diluted
And the rest of the world would KNOW that you are wrong.
In l965 he entered West Point, via an appointment from Patsy T. Mink, Democrat of Hawaii, where the family had long ago established residency. He graduated, after what might be called a checkered career, in June of l969, entering the Army as a 2nd Lt. of Infantry. He attended the Infantry School at Ft. Benning, Georgia, and moved to Ft. Carson, Colo. to command a Mechanized Infantry Platoon, which he did until May, l970. In that month, he found himself in a dispute with the Army over an article he wrote for the Village Voice about the rampant, yet un-acknowledged problem of heroin abuse in the Army, specifically, in the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division at Ft. Carson. The Army refused permission to publish the article, and Mr. Truscott refused to withdraw the article from publication. The Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army for Personnel, a Lt. General in the Pentagon, threatened on the telephone, with both Mr. Truscott and his father Col. Truscott listening, to order Mr. Truscott to Vietnam immediately if he didn't withdraw the article. Mr. Truscott refused to withdraw the article, and refused the order to Vietnam, and told the General on the telephone that he would have him (the General) court martial led for attempting to punitively assign a soldier (Lt. Truscott) to a combat zone, one of the Army's most heinous crimes, punishable by 30 years on prison, if he attempted to carry out his threat. What they used to call in the Army “a flap” ensued, and resignation from the Army came soon thereafter.