Memories from Stuttgart and the 31st MP Det
(Page 2 of 2 Pages) How I envied him. Tyndale had an attractive daughter, about 20 years old, who dated one of the provost marshal investigators at the station, which caused a bit of friction for a while. SGT Dennis Hovis was one investigator, a decFranklin would take three-day passes to go to Paris (sometimes returning on time) and play with a rugby team. He was an athlete, so I imagine he was good at it, but I think he had a few mesdemoiselles to see as well. All of this probably explained why he had been busted from E-5. Franklin was succeeded by SP4 John Bean, who was quieter and less likely to get into mischief. SFC John Murphy was the operations sergeant. He had come from Fort Story at Virginia Beach and was always recalling good times there. I have been to that post many times since then, never without thinking of Murph. He ran a good operation, aided by some very capable desk sergeants. SP5 Leroy Adams was another member of the headquarters team, a pleasant guy and aspiring journalist from Indiana. He was Top's clerk and kept him straight, while supplying me with copies of Sports Illustrated. In those days, CID was still under the military police. The head of the local detachment was, first, Mr. Oglevy and, then, Mr. McQueeny, both warrant officers. I immediately got into a confrontation with Oglevy by insisting on practices and procedures I had been taught in the military police officers' basic course. He went to LTC Bliss and said he was going to retire on the spot; he wasn't going to take direction from a young officer still not dry behind the ears. Bliss smoothed things over. The situation was helped by the CID number two, Peter Kearns, who was a real decent, low-key Irishman. It was a busy station."DUTY, JUSTICE AND LOYALTY"
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