On his tombstone-- William Claude Dunkerfield-- "I'd rather be here than in Philadelphia"-- My favorite of all time comedians, after him, Jack Benny-- "never give a sucker an even break"-- juggler, straight pool shooter, card shark- except for the juggling, Fields reminded me of a late great uncle--who served with Patton as a Calvary Lt. under "Black Jack" Pershing's command in the search for bandito Pancho Villa, and later in WW1--RWTF

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..