My theory is that Sgt. Wood botched them on purpose based on the various statements he left and the opportunity to get it right by hanging a number of soldiers in the two years or so preceding his major performance. What’s yours?
He claimed to have botched them on purpose. I’m amazed that he was accepted into the army at his age and that he was able to get on the job training as a hangman. I suppose when you’re at war, you take what volunteers you get because I wouldn’t think there would that many volunteering for the job.