Old thread but I had to comment after reading his Autobiography.
I would certainly not care to be his buddy. He clearly liked to kill people for fun. He went beyond what a hard core fighter would do. He killed for fun. Sport.
It was interesting he was in Ordinance and not in the Infantry. He easily have gone that route but did not. He was no Rambo.
I was kind of disappointed in the book after reading Ayoob's descriptions of his gun fights. Ayoob writes better.
After reading up on Keith, I benefited. After Askins I wanted to take a shower.