Marc A. Mitscher from Oklahoma was a midshipman who entered the academy as a plebe in 1904. Another “mid” from that state, Peter Cassius Marcellus Cade Jr., had bilged out the year before for failing academically. The upperclassmen started ragging Mitscher as a surrogate for Cade. Mitscher had to repeat the name of the departed mid whenever asked. The strange upshot was that Mitscher thus acquired the lifetime nickname “Pete.” Mitscher struggled academically, and he was also held culpable in a hazing scandal.
