"Just say three black guys did it." (A story from BikerJedi's dad.)
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I went over to help Dad with something this morning, and we got to shooting the shit. I relayed to him the story recently told by /u/mynombrees about the armed robbery on post, and Dad shared this tale with me.
Setting: Summer of 1970 - Neu-Ulm, West Germany. A US Army Field Artillery unit.
NARRATOR: Buckle up folks.
I was zero years old, having just been born in March. Mom and Dad had been married just over a year. They used to go feed the bear who lived in a park in the downtown area. My mother recalls the barracks being pretty nice for the time, and they had nice neighbors in the kasern they lived in. They loved it there, which is why they were so keen to go back in 1984. Enough background.
Two soldiers in my Dad's unit were best friends. They grew up together. Enlisted together. Basic and AIT together. Sent to West Germany together. While there, Soldier A marries his sweetheart from back home and brings her to Germany. At some point after that, Soldier B starts fucking around with Soldier A's wife, and it carried on for a bit, apparently at least a few months.
One morning Soldier A comes home from CQ (overnight duty) and catches them in bed. He proceeds to beat the shit out of both of them. Soldier B leaves with a limp dick and a beaten ass. Soldier A tells his wife to call the MP's and say that three black guys from her husband's unit broke in then beat and raped her. That will explain the beating and cover the fact that his wife cheated on him I guess is what he was thinking.
So, the wife does what her husband says. Calls the MP's. Tells them exactly that - three black soldiers she recognizes broke in and beat and raped her while her husband was on CQ duty - that was how they supposedly knew she was home alone. Ah - the genius plan comes together.
At some point in the next few days, a battery formation is held. This battered woman walks down the ranks and picks out three black soldiers randomly. All three had been out drinking that weekend and didn't have a great alibi. So of course they get arrested and charged.
Over the next few weeks, CID (Criminal Investigation Division) interviewed people and the story started to unravel. Eventually the wife confessed. Much drama ensues in the battery. The three innocent soldiers are released. Soldier A gets in some trouble for telling his wife to lie about it. She is divorced by her husband and moves home. She is also by now pregnant with Soldier B's baby.
A few months later, Soldier B goes back home on vacation, marries that same woman, and brings her BACK to West Germany to the same fucking unit.
I've seen men do stupid shit over a woman, but it seems like soldiers are especially stupid when it comes to women. I'm including me in that given my history with my ex-wife. And holy shit - let's not even get started on the racism of "Just say three black guys did it." Wow. I kinda wish those three had beaten the shit out of Solider A after being released. Sometimes Peer Counseling is just what is needed.
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