In the late 1970s and early 1980s I was stationed in Schweinfurt Germany; Bad Kissingen was about 25 km from Schweinfurt if I remember correctly. One of the
members of our unit was a SSG whose nickname was "Jo Jo." Jo Jo was an affable fellow and well-liked by everyone in our unit.
He also had somewhat of a reputation as being a ladies man.
I don't remember the exact month when Jo Jo ran into trouble in Bad Kissingen, but I do know that there was snow on the ground and quite cold outside. Jo Jo had apparently developed a "meaningful relationship" with the wife of a 3ID soldier who deployed to the field frequently and was visiting her one evening when the woman's husband returned unexpectedly. It is important to note that when the husband entered his own house,
Jo Jo was naked and engaged in carnal pleasure.
Well, to put it bluntly...the husband didn't take kindly to Jo Jo servicing his wife and beat the living sh*t out of Jo Jo and might have killed him if Jo Jo had not ran out the door without his clothes. I might mention at this point that Jo Jo was 6'5", weighed about 180 and happened to be African-American. Ordinarily, his ethnicity wouldn't be important, but it became part of the story.
So...Jo Jo proceeds to run back to Schweinfurt on a busy German road, sans clothes, around 0200 hrs and in the winter! We later learned that the German Polizi received numerous reports from concerned German citizens with regard to a nude black man running down the road between BK and Schweinfurt! He made it almost into the city before the Polizi caught up with him and took him into custody.
I was called to the Schweinfurt dispensary since I was Jo Jo's platoon sergeant. The 1SG and Commander arrived about the same time as me.
Honestly, I have NEVER seen a man beaten as Jo Jo had been. Remember Mohammed Ali and Joe Fraser after their fights? They looked pretty compared to Jo Jo. His head swelled significantly...
There is no punch line to this story, but it was a memorable event to both my family and myself. My family became involved as we took Jo Jo
in for the remainder of the weekend and my then-wife gave him great care. My son was in charge of trying to make Jo Jo smile through his broken lips.
He also had somewhat of a reputation as being a ladies man.
I don't remember the exact month when Jo Jo ran into trouble in Bad Kissingen, but I do know that there was snow on the ground and quite cold outside. Jo Jo had apparently developed a "meaningful relationship" with the wife of a 3ID soldier who deployed to the field frequently and was visiting her one evening when the woman's husband returned unexpectedly. It is important to note that when the husband entered his own house,
Jo Jo was naked and engaged in carnal pleasure.
Well, to put it bluntly...the husband didn't take kindly to Jo Jo servicing his wife and beat the living sh*t out of Jo Jo and might have killed him if Jo Jo had not ran out the door without his clothes. I might mention at this point that Jo Jo was 6'5", weighed about 180 and happened to be African-American. Ordinarily, his ethnicity wouldn't be important, but it became part of the story.
So...Jo Jo proceeds to run back to Schweinfurt on a busy German road, sans clothes, around 0200 hrs and in the winter! We later learned that the German Polizi received numerous reports from concerned German citizens with regard to a nude black man running down the road between BK and Schweinfurt! He made it almost into the city before the Polizi caught up with him and took him into custody.
I was called to the Schweinfurt dispensary since I was Jo Jo's platoon sergeant. The 1SG and Commander arrived about the same time as me.
Honestly, I have NEVER seen a man beaten as Jo Jo had been. Remember Mohammed Ali and Joe Fraser after their fights? They looked pretty compared to Jo Jo. His head swelled significantly...
There is no punch line to this story, but it was a memorable event to both my family and myself. My family became involved as we took Jo Jo
in for the remainder of the weekend and my then-wife gave him great care. My son was in charge of trying to make Jo Jo smile through his broken lips.
