Dave Smedley's Story

As 17 years old, Smedley enlisted in the Marine Corps during the Spanish-American war. He led Marines in taking a town from Rebels and then rewarded himself with an eagle, globe, and anchor tattoo that started at his throat and went all the way down to his waist. After the war in which he really didn't do dick, he was sent to the Philippines. There he got loaded in his room one night and was relieved of command after what is described as an unspecified incident. It was in Honduras that he got his nickname, Old Gimlet Eye.