Mr. Powers. I think they accepted him just as they did everyone else, because again you have a mixture of personalities, and I don't recall that he was friendly with any one particular person more than the other. Again I'm not sure because he was in this particular crew——
Mr. Jenner. Was there any scuttlebutt or rumor that he shot himself to get out of the service?
Mr. Powers. I don't know. There might have been. Now, that you recall—you say that, you recall it to my mind; I'm not sure whether I want to recall it or something that is actually fact.
Mr. Jenner. Yes.
Mr. Powers. I couldn't say truthfully.
Mr. Jenner. But any matter, it was pure scuttlebutt; it was pure speculation?
Mr. Powers. Yes, because nobody actually knew what was going on.
Mr. Jenner. What was the scuttlebutt as to his court-martial; was that because he had the unregistered or private weapon?
Mr. Powers. Now that you say that, this court-martial, this is maybe where they came in and they were going to try to give him a court-martial for shooting himself to get out. Again, maybe this is something again that I want to recall or if it's actually true; now that you mentioned it, there is something of that nature.
Mr. Jenner. When you use the expression "something that you want to recall," what you mean by that, I take it, is you want to avoid the tendency to recall something that——