Too bad he had to miss the Battle Of Midway.
He was suffering big time in San Francisco with a horrible skin disease, maybe brought on by some of his exotic oriental skin art.
Navy officially banned tattoos, but enforcement of that rule was rare...prolly because most of the senior port-hole gophers had faded tattoos themselves.
A lot of people don't realize that tattoos can not only destroy your looks, but your liver as well - think Hep C.
As for piercing - it's for women and for ears. Mr. Clean is the only man who gets away with that one.