MARK KOERNKE

HE WAS A BOY WHO LIKED TO JUMP OUT OF THE WOODS AND SCARE PEOPLE, A NEIGHBOR REMEMBERS OF MARK KOERNKE. EVERY DAY, FAITHFULLY, HE'D PLAY ARMY. HE WOULD RUN THROUGH THE WOODS OF THE SEMI-RURAL MICHIGAN ISLAND THEY ALL LIVED ON, CARRYING GUNS MADE OF UNPAINTED WOOD. THE BOY CLAIMED TO HAVE A SECRET FORT GUARDED WIT

By David Van Biema Monday, June 26, 1995
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In the militiaman's infinitely more satisfying present, a crowd applauds madly. He addresses the audience in Palm Springs. "If I fall," he asks, "who will pick up the flag?" And from his listeners, glad cries ring back, "I will! I will!"

--With reporting by Michael McBride/Ann Arbor and Mark Thompson/ Washington

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