Identification of Booth's body

[Gene C]

(10-23-2018 04:30 AM)mikegriffith1 Wrote:  Furthermore, I haven't even brought up the issue of the scars on Booth's body that nobody saw on the body on the Montauk that night. Theodore Roscoe, among others, discussed this issue. Booth had several scars from accidents and altercations over the years. Nobody on the Montauk that night saw a single one of them, a very odd omission given that the Montauk witnesses were able to spot "pale" characters on a hand that could not be read unless you took a closer look at them.

I've got Roscoe's book, and to spare me having to read through it again, could you please let me know a page number or chapter the comments about Booth's scars can be found. The only one I could find was on p. 427, a quick reference to the one on his neck.

I'm not sure what state of undress Booth was in when various people identified his body, but from what I've read, most if not all were able to identify him by physical, facial appearance. The didn't need to see scars to identify him.

For those interested, Theodore Roscoe was probably one of the most knowledgeable experts on WWII submarine history and wrote a couple of highly regarded books about it.