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I think, if you read back through my posts, you'll find that I have similar suspicions. To the point where I have said that Harold A. Raasch, (1924), is not the material a "walt" is made of - he had a genuine history.
There is something that isn't right about this story, which is part of the reason it intrigues me. Though I do think, that when all is said and done, the truth will prove to be quite benign.
It's all too easy to think the worst... In my experience, thinking the worst often comes back to slap you in the bottom..