How old is colonel potter

Despite the distance that military duty imposed upon him, his wife Mildred, his children, and his grandaughter Col. Potter was at heart a family man.

He kept in regular contact with his family, and told Mildred all about the people he served with at the th. For the most part Col. Potter and his wife had to maintain a distance relationship, although he was able to meet her for a couple weeks in Toyko at one point.

During his time in the military, Col. Potter had shown that he was a man of integrity. Several times when old friends of his had committed serious errors that had gotten men hurt or killed, Col. Potter would report them to the chain of command. Potter had said once that he didn't care if it cost him every friend he had, but the price of not reporting his friend's errors was too high if even one soldier was hurt or killed. He was also an enlightened man such as when he found out that one CO was deliberately sending black soldiers disproportionally into hazardous duty so that they'd get injured, killed, or sent home faster so he wouldn't have them in his unit.

Potter participated in a sting that got the CO to reveal his feelings, and force him to resign. Sherman Potter was from the state of Missouri.

A continuity error occurred one time when he said he was from Nebraska. Sherman Potter had first joined the army as a teenager when he lied about his age to get into the cavalry during World War I. One continuity error that occurred later in the series was in the episode "Pressure Points". Potter said he was 62 years old. If that was the correct age for Potter, he would have been in his early 20s in —and would not have needed to lie about his age.

So his exact age during the series is debatable. Potter gave distinguished service, earning the Good Conduct Medal. Because he was an enlisted man at the time, he was eligible for the award. Potter noted that neither MacArthur or Bradley had the award.

During World War I, he and a number of his friends had spent the night in a French chateau while under fire. He and his friends had come across a cache of brandy. They proceeded to drink all but one bottle of the brandy.

They made an agreement a tontine that the last survivor of the group would take the bottle and make a toast to his friends.

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