we also had one guy named Willie Raper. I always thought that with a name like that he would have a hard time getting a date.
Then there were the numerous John Wilkes Booths, George Armstrong Custers, Jesse Woodson James’.
I served with a Bruce Bruce.
The first and last names the same.
No one ever referred to him as Bruce, NEVER.
Always BRUCE-BRUCE.
And he simply hated it.
A large well-liked man with a gentle disposition that explained his dislike, but it ALWAYS came out as BRUCE-BRUCE.