Thanks! I very vaguely remembered the word big figured into it somehow, but even that was faint. I'll have to write that name down somewhere, so I don't forget again.

I introduced myself to him as I thought I should, soldier to soldier, by rank and name. He thought I was joking with him. At the time I was a 21-year-old Captain. I showed him my ID card, and he still had his doubts. He asked something to the affect, how does a kid like you ever get to be a Captain. I reminded him we had a war going and a shortage of Infantry officers, and told him I had just been at the right places at the right time. At that he called the band to attention. It struck them like lighting, they weren't expecting anything like that. You should have seen the expressions on their faces. Priceless! After we got that silliness out of the way, we had a nice conversation about pipe bands, some of the pipers even got involved, although I think they mostly wanted to just see the freak.