Maynard Harrison Smith - Wikipedia

Chief thank you for the that update, I always thought Suffy was a dirt bag. Apparently he was one of those guys who does not do well in garrison. He one of those guys that was created for a specific job during a specific time and place.

I guess just like there was a "Murphy" for Murphy's law, there had to be a "Snuffy". Never heard the name in a good light. Who knew a dirt bag could also receive the CMH.

That was weird...I'd heard the name while I'd been in, though I was never quite sure why, I'd known nothing of the context. That was odd, certainly, to say the least, obviously worth knowing, just strange...the whole thing about the urine on the fire, as well as the whole KP thing at the end, tends to make one wonder whether anyone ever thought to do the whole story as a movie. The Unbroken film gives one perspective on that whole time, I obviously loved the whole Desmond Doss story, though I detest the fact that it was done by the Australian with the atrocious character, and that he also played Lt. Gen. Half Moore in that other recent film he'd been in, We Were Soldiers, clearly, I find I tend to have rather considerable difficulty separating his personality from his cinematic capabilities, whether as actor, or director. I should certainly think Clint Eastwood could do a film on this story properly. I do think the clear dichotomy between his observed personality while on the ground, as opposed to what happened to him during the flight, would, I think, make a really stunning epic, if told properly, provided absolute truth were told, utterly devoid of any romance oh Hollywoodization, historical epics, I've long thought. Cinematically, should be recounted exactly as they occur, with zero paraphrasing, the best such example I've ever seen being the film The Great Raid about the Cabanatuan POW camp rescue in the Phillipines. If the film were told properly, I think the oddity of his personality could be conveyed in a way that would both entertain, as well as educate, apart from actually making money. I do find interesting that there was no later bio material on him, no aspect of his family lifez or what he'd done after WW2...I'll admit, the KP part after he whole story of him on the plane would, I think, make a most fitting ending for such a film, I think. He was apparently lost just after I'd gotten out, I can't recall ever having read anything about him, I do find that odd, as there was a whole wall of USAAF/USAF MOH awardees at USAF OTS at Lackland while I'd been there right outside the main auditorium, I spent quite some time reading the various accounts...as I think about the story, I wonder if, due to uos clearly eccentric personality, whether he was just deemed top odd to include. I'm rather reminded of Maj. Pappy Boyington USMC, I dont recall his final rank, I think it was Col, though I'm not certain, who'd obviously had that legendary reputation as an alcoholic, as well, though, of course, his story was clearly far more well known, esp. with the TzV show made about him...that was a very good historical catch, gotta admit it, major kudos, very historically revealing, honest....