[Grut]

The decision to come forward appears to have less to do with shock at Col Collins's behaviour than with an incident in which he was forced to stand to attention for 45 minutes for ignoring the colonel's rule against distributing sweets to local children.

The prohibition may very well have been sensible, but the childish punishment administered to a relatively senior officer tells me that Col. Collins may be a little flakier than he's made out to be here.

[Servant of the Nine]

The prohibition may very well have been sensible, but the childish punishment administered to a relatively senior officer tells me that Col. Collins may be a little flakier than he's made out to be here.

Sounds to me like a professional combat officer who had run out of patience with an insubordinate REMF who disobeyed one order too many. Other reports say the two had clashed before.

And yes, brilliant combat officers, like masters of most dangerous fields of endeavor tend to be prima donnas.

So9

[em2vn]

I imagine the Colonel had to have dealt with our major on more than one occassion. His treat of the delicate little major isn't all that unusual. I had a ship's captain who frequently restricted the officers to the ship when he was angry with them. We could be tied up in Long Beach, enlisted men on liberty and the officers wives standing on the mole talking to their husbands on the ship. He certainly got results.