In July 1946, he was an apprentice seaman aboard the destroyer USS Blue (DD-744) on a post World War II deployment.

[1] Garrison was quickly convinced to represent Herrod since his uncle saved him from a crashed aircraft during the Korean War.

[7] Stipe arrived in Da Nang on April 15, and quickly requested a delay until July to prepare his case for the trial.

[13] When Herrod was acquitted Stipe reportedly remarked "Anytime you walk your man you can't be too damn critical of the way the system works.

Congressman Ed Edmondson, a late entry in the race who finished a distant second in the primary and lost the runoff to Boren.

[19] In September 2007, federal authorities filed a petition seeking to have Stipe's probation revoked as a result of his alleged ongoing relationship with his former business partner Steve Covington due to the latter's status as a convicted felon.

On September 28, a federal judge ordered Stipe, who had hydrocephalus, diabetes and prostate cancer, to undergo a mental competency evaluation at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, following a parole revocation hearing in which Stipe required prompting from his attorneys to answer questions, and according to the judge, appeared to be drugged or hypnotized.

[20] The request was subsequently denied in November, 2008, following the court's decision that Stipe was incompetent to face a probation revocation hearing and had effectively served the prison sentence he would have been given during his court-ordered mental competency evaluation.

While awaiting a determination on his competency to face probation revocation, Stipe and his brother, Francis, were indicted by a federal grand jury in another case on charges of mail fraud, witness tampering, money laundering and conspiracy, relating to their alleged role in a real estate deal involving a pet food company owned by another one of Gene Stipe's former business partners, Steve Phipps.