Col Arthur Maurice Butler

The "Butler Boys" enjoying a Christmas martini, about 1995.

I´m Mike Butler, Marty´s kid brother. I realize that many of you knew him as Art, but our family was keen on nicknames and we always called him Marty. Marty was born in Osaka, Japan in 1947. Dad was assigned there as part of the occupation forces and Marty was the first Western male born in Japan after WWII. In an effort to help out the Japanese economy, our local military was encouraged to employ Japanese maids and nannies. So, for the first two-and-a-half years of his life, Marty...