During the early part of 1962 we were informed that anyone with a Top Secret Clearance would be finger printed every month. I was told that a artillery Captain had his twin brother take his place! The finger printing was based on the documents you had access to you. I am assuming that I was finger printed because I knew where the artillery unit was supposed to move to when war broke out. I was also privy to the dependent evacuation plan.
They told us that the real Captain got tired of being in the Army so he had his identical twin brother fly to Germany and take his place. His brother lived with him for about two months, meeting all the people he worked with and what he had to do to fit in. After a two month period they switched places. The switch went on for 3 or 4 months until the imposter-brother got tired of the Army. At that point the real Captain didn’t want to come back. Imposter brother turned his brother in and they both were off to Leavenworth.
The monthly finger printing only lasted a few months until they figured out that the chances of that happening again were pretty slim.
If you have any funny situations involving transportation, the 594th Transportation Group or Grenadier Kaserne feel free to leave a comment.
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