In the late seventies I never could understand how a disgusting jew hating Nazi WWII vet could wind up living out his last days tanked on bird piss beer in Seattle's Blue Moon Tavern on the edge of the U district.
Gunter was Ukrainian. That meant nothing to me then. Listening to Scott Ritter here now, it all makes sense.

The CIA kept and supported an army of NAZIs for years as a weapon in the cold war to bring down Russia. Gunter scored a premium job in a Puget Sound Shipyard for his 'service'.
The stuff I figured Gunter was making up when he was tanked, (that was all the time) he wasn't. Gunter became an American after a career killing jews.
* Back in the day. Joe gets insulting.

Roots run deep.