Joe Cunningham: “Well, Wally, like General Foss, like Chuck Yeager, like most of the greats, grew up hunting and fishing. He is an…”

“Well, Wally, like General Foss, like Chuck Yeager, like most of the greats, grew up hunting and fishing. He is an outdoorsman. And Wally and I were up in northern California hunting pheasants together, along with a whole group of our folks that go up there yearly. A guy named Ernie King set it up. He used to live in my district but now lives up in Oregon. If you knew Wally Schirra, he looks like an English Lord when he hunts. He never buys anything. He used to work for Monsanto and they gave him every stitch of clothes he had. He has these little Lord jackets, these Little Lord hats, these little Lord hunting pants with the ruffles, and the little shoes and booties. And of course we make fun of him, but he does not care. Well, his little Lord hat fell on the ground and one of the guys threw it up in the air and it landed on the end of my shotgun. Wally looked at me and said, ``Duke, you wouldn't.'' So I pulled the trigger, and of course it blew a big hole in his hat. It was the most expensive hat I have ever paid for in my life. The thing cost about $200. But it was worth every minute, especially when Wally wore it for the rest of the day like that.”