"H W" was his name according to his nephew. This was very rare for the day way back in 1927. He had no middle name. His mother, my grandmother, said "I didn't want the confusion of him being named Harry William Obermann, Jr". In the military H W (Buddy or Bud) had some issues when commanding officers asked his first name...his answer was "H W". The officer would ask again...his answer was "H W, I am named after my father, but my real name is actually just the two letters H and W." The officers often got angry, not believing him, and thinking he was being insubordinate to them.
"H W" was his name according to his nephew. This was very rare for the day way back in 1927. He had no middle name. His mother, my grandmother, said "I didn't want the confusion of him being named Harry William Obermann, Jr". In the military H W (Buddy or Bud) had some issues when commanding officers asked his first name...his answer was "H W". The officer would ask again...his answer was "H W, I am named after my father, but my real name is actually just the two letters H and W." The officers often got angry, not believing him, and thinking he was being insubordinate to them.
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