A Rambling Collection of Murder Myth Musings and Capers
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The poetry included is not quite doggerel but certainly not the sublime variety of serious poets. Just a means to better tell a sentiment or story
The overall format is a magazine style so one can drift from one entry to another with almost no continuity involved. A good read to overcome insomnia or boring television fare.
Martin Sandy Doria
Martin (Marty) Sandy Doria was born in Scranton, PA. He attended Elhi there and after U.S. Naval service in World War II, graduated from the University of Scranton, PA. Following a short tour in the U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso and Laredo, Texas, he reentered the service with the U.S. Air Force for the Korean Conflict. With many interesting assignments in intelligence and security areas he gained a broad scope of knowledge in human interactions and leadership qualities. He applied these skills to many years of practice in the family counseling areas. He is now retired and living with his wife Nella in Pensacola, Florida.
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A Rambling Collection of Murder Myth Musings and Capers - Martin Sandy Doria
© 2013 by Martin Sandy Doria. All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.
Some of the items included within are actual events from past experiences. The names have been with held to protect privacy and confidentiality. Most other portrayals are merely figments of my imagination with no intention to represents situations and persons of reality.
Published by AuthorHouse 09/13/2013
ISBN: 978-1-4918-1647-9 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4918-1648-6 (e)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2013916780
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Contents
Foreword
Murder In The Mess Hall and Not From The Food
The Roving Reporter at the Hypnotherapist’s Teaching Studio
The Village Fountain
The Ballad of Dutch Hollow
Prostitutes on Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas
A Short Parody from Robert Browning
Reflections on becoming 86 years of age
The Vasectomy Caper
A Tale About Ponza
The Bully of Linkou
Pete’s Spring
One of the best shots I ever made
The Notorious Linkou Barracks Thief
The Roving Reporter and Post Hurricane Ivan
Burglar Caper
On Unzipped Flies
On The Aging Process
The Lax Officers of Shu Linkou Air Station, Taiwan
The Great Depression
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Ballad of Shu Linkou Station
An Embarrassing moment
Qbism
Martinius Dorius, Gladiator Supremus Does The Lawn
Shu Linkou Hit and Run Caper
Marty, Love
Bring Me A Guitar Player!
SHU LINKOU AIR FORCE STATION RESCUE
A Security Risk On Linkou
Ode To The Ditty Boppers; Those Airmen Engaged in Radio Surveillance
Ahab Mows His Lawn
Top Secret Caper, 1964
Blank Verse On a Race Riot In Nortwestern Florida, 1975
The Roving Reporter-At the Apiary
Observations While Walking at the Mall
A Class With Einstein
Old Nat
More Mental meanderings on birds in back yard
Modern Kremlin Scene
Korean Drunkard
Juarez or Ciudad Nuevo Laredo
Fun Fly Fishing
Icecapades
Human Exoskeletons
Gun Control
Geopolitical Concerns for Mankind
Geezer at Large
Apologies to Aesop
Einstein and The Quantum
Dream Car
Ancient Pict Visits England
Over 55s dance Club
A DamYankee At A Southern Wedding
Linkou Military Base Alerts
Porn, Drama, Violence and Pilfering in my own back yard
The Legend Of the Plains Brigade
Shu Linkou Air Force Station, Taiwan Area Beautification Program
Shu Linkou Air Station Bomb Disposal Caper
Linkou Lullaby
The Roving Reporter At The Finishing School
A Shu Linkou Christmas Carol
A Hypothesis Gone Awry
Big Dogs
A WWII Experience
Widower Dating
The Lost Top Secret Document
IPhones and The modern obsession with self esteem
From an idea on Evolution
The Navy Yard
Operation Magic Carpet, 1946
Foreword
This collection is presented in great humility with an end view of providing some interest to the reader and hopefully some amusement. Since I was raised in a section of South Scranton, Pennsylvania called Dutch Hollow, I have included some of the lore and memories developed during that period.
There are some actual military experiences also included which are all true events but ruefully the names are withheld to protect the privacy of persons involved. Among these, are carryovers from various assignments as an Air Police Officer in the United States Air Force.
The poetry I have included is certainly not of the sublime variety but depicts my view in verse of people and events that I witnessed or in whom or with which I was involved. I have also presented some of the internal musings I have pondered over the years. One of my tools of survival has been to find at least some degree of absurdity in even the most adverse of situations.
This book has been in the making for several years and only modern technology has enabled me to record the material and then present it hopefully for some appreciation.
Marty
Murder In The Mess Hall and Not From The Food
Itami Air Force Base near Kobe Japan, was my first assignment as a USAF (United States Air Force) provost marshal. Approximately 1955, in the base mess hall Airman XX was preparing the morning breakfast for the troops. At about 2 or 3 A.M. as he was working on the steam line, two Non Coms entered the building and began demanding that he serve them food. Both were intoxicated and when XX refused them according to his duty instructions, the one sergeant threatened him. XX still refused whereupon the sergeant wielded a hunting knife from within his jacket and leapt over the steam line after XX.
XX was wearing an Air Force web belt with the traditional heavy military buckle. He removed his belt and snapped the belt buckle first at the sergeant. The buckle hit him in the temple and he fell unconscious. XX then grabbed the hunting knife and inflicted approximately 86 stab wounds on the sergeant’s torso, neck and head. The other sergeant became frightened and ran away and hid
Meanwhile, the Air Police sergeant of the guard entered the building to procure authorized coffee for the troops out on guard duty. XX meekly surrendered to him surrendering the knife. The air police sergeant made the appropriate calls and locked XX up in the guard house.
Later, the case came to a general court martial in San Francisco, California, where XX was convicted of murder. His sentence was a dishonorable discharge and life imprisonment. When the case was subjected to review, the verdict and sentence were overturned and XX was returned to duty with full back pay and restoration of his rank. The reason given was that the first blow XX struck with his belt buckle, could have been the cause of death and even so it was in self defense. Thereafter, he was merely stabbing a corpse not murder.
Wouldn’t you just hate to get XX mad at you??
The Roving Reporter
at the Hypnotherapist’s Teaching Studio
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen. Cedric Mellow your roving reporter here. Tonight we continue our series covering events of interest in the human spectrum of activities. We are visiting the teaching studio of Docror Zangpippi Mesmero world renowned hypnotherapist. As you know hypnotherapy uses the medium of hypnosis to assist in psychotherapeutic processes. Doctor Mesmero has welcomed us to video tape this session on order that we can present it to you, a most erudite audience (fawning smile).
(Whispering) watch now as Nigel my camera man tapes the session which is now beginning. Nigel has the unique capability of becoming the figurative
fly on the wall as he busily tapes the ongoing activities. Shhhhhh they are starting their class.
Doctor Zangpippi Mesmero (ZM): Ahhhhhh good evening class. Tonight we will do actual hypnosis but I ask for no volunteers. I intend to hypnotize the entire class. If any of you object to mass hypnosis, I suggest you leave now. Hmmmmm, every one is staying… . good!. And yes, we have as observers the eminent Cedric Mellow and his camera man Nigel Balmitete.
.
Miss Sapper: Will we be seduced or anything like that while in a trance?
ZM: Of course not Miss Sapper. This is an ethical school of hypnosis
.
Mr Benny Lind: (buggy eyed) Can hypnosis be used to seduce someone?
ZM: No no no we are getting off the track here.
Mrs. Zelda Kruncher: Can I use hypnosis to have my husband fall down the steps and break his neck?
ZM: Dear me what is wrong with you people? We are discussing therapy here not sex nor mayhem.
Reverend Pietro Marinara: Tell me Doctor, while we are in a trance can you usurp our spirits? I am very touchy about keeping my own spirit.
ZM: No Padre, I assure you I will not mess with your spirit. Why would I want to?
ZM: Any more questions? Good now let’s proceed… . look deeply into my eyes… . yes that’s it concentrate on my eyes… . yessssssssss yessssssssss… you are getting very sleepy very very sleepy… soon you will not be able to move your legs… . yes your legs are sooooooo heavy so leaden… . your eye lids weigh several pounds impossible to open… . yesssssss your head lolls down on your chest much too heavy to lift your chin… . now your arms are so tired so heavy… . when I count to 10 and snap my fingers you will find that you are in a deep deep deep trance. The only voice you hear will be mine and you will obey all my commands.
ZM: Mr Lind you are now an eider drake please flap your wings and quack!
Mr Lind: Flap, flap, quack, quack, quack!
(Mr Lind waddles about the room)
ZM: Now, Miss Sapper you are a 3 year old filly ready to enter the derby. Prance around nervously and neigh.
Miss Sapper: trot, trot, trot (raising on hind legs pawing the air and whinnying)
ZM: "Mrs. Kruncher you are a barn yard chicken and I have just scattered corn on the ground. Please cluck, cluck