Sergeant Faustin.

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We have heard of and seen the movie "The Man Who Would Be King".

Well, here is the story of the military man WHO DID BECOME KING!

USMC Sergeant Faustin Wirkus. King Faustin II rather.

"Faustin Edmond Wirkus . . . was a . . . U.S. Marine stationed in Haiti during the United States occupation of Haiti (1915-1934). He was reputedly crowned Faustin II, King of La Gonâve, a Haitian island west of Hispaniola, on 18 July 1926, and ruled until he was transferred by the United States Marine Corps to the United States mainland in 1929."

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"During his service in the United States Marine Corps, he was promoted to a lieutenant in the Garde d'Haiti, commanding a squad of native troops on La Gonâve. After rescuing a young woman in trouble, he found out that she was Queen Timemenne of La Gonâve. He was welcomed by the population as Timemenne had told them how kind he was to her, and in part, due to the unusual circumstance that he had the same first name as the former Emperor of Haiti, Faustin Soulouque, . . . who died in 1867. Somewhat bizarrely, the natives proclaimed him Faustin II in a Voodoo ritual and he ruled jointly with Queen Timemenne for three years. He became known for dispensing ready but gentle justice."

THE BENEVOLENT DICTATOR GREATLY BELOVED OF HIS PEOPLE!

An image of "an adult, provocative, risque and lurid nature".

An image of "an adult, provocative, risque and lurid nature".

DISPENSING JUSTICE FIRM BUT FAIR I AM SURE!

Well, somebody had to do it.

Sergeant Faustin having some but not all attributes of what is best described as the "White Messiah". NO messiah in this case, MERELY a king!! FACT is stranger than FICTION!

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