"It is rumored that the Col helped his Dad with some of his later articles and work. It's also rumored that JOC found out, blew the whistle, ended up with the Major's job. The Col, not the forgiving type to begin with, never forgave JOC. There was ongoing bad blood for his remaining years."
Well, apparently it's true as Askins did admit to as much about covering for his dad in his book "Unrepentant Sinner". He did say something about O'Connor taking his father's job but IIRC didn't go into great detail other than it happened.
Paul B.
