Mayor Ed Koch Had an Old Man McGumbus Way About Him
The more I read about Mayor Ed Koch, the more I like him. According to Wikipedia he was drafted into the United States Army in 1943, where he served as an infantryman with the 104th Infantry Division, landing in Cherbourg, France in September 1944. He earned three campaign stars for service in the European Theater of Operations, and the Combat Infantryman Badge. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Sergeant in 1946.
Then he went on to be Mayor of New York City where he had a reputation for fighting for New York City like a pitbull. In his second term, he was such an awesome mayor, that he ran he ran for re-election running on both the Democratic and Republican Party lines; in November he won, defeating his main opponent, Unity Party candidate Frank J. Barbaro, with 75 percent of the vote.