A loose cannon
What about Alfred Hagen, though? It turns out that throughout his career, he frequently employed, shall we say, creative means to achieve his goals. In Papua New Guinea, he has uncovered the remnants of seven more planes from the Second World War. As a result of his efforts, the remains of 18 Americans formerly listed as MIA have been positively identified by American authorities. Nonetheless, he felt the Army's bureaucratic machine was going too slowly in one notable case, so he called the family of a serviceman whose bones he uncovered and revealed his fate to them, 51 years later. He has no remorse despite being labelled a “renegade” and a “loose cannon” by the military establishment.