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Wonder how those boys fared

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Posted on June 12, 2019 4 Comments

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4 responses to “Wonder how those boys fared”

  1. Unclezip's avatar Unclezip | June 12, 2019 at 9:35 am | Reply

    Those were native warriors, and they scared the holy shit out of German troops.

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  2. Leonard Jones's avatar Leonard Jones | June 15, 2019 at 10:30 pm | Reply

    One of the Filthy Thirteen was John McNeice (AKA Jake McNasty,)
    who led a demolition platoon team at the Normandy invasion. He
    was really good at blowing crap up, but he was even better at
    getting into trouble. He went in as a private and remained a
    private as an acting platoon leader. I do not think any of
    his men were actual Indian’s, but they all got a Mohawk
    haircut and wore war paint at Normandy. Trust me, the
    Germans took notice of these guys because word traveled
    fast that there were dudes with Mohawks and warpaint that
    were some hard fighting badasses!

    This group was the inspiration for the Lee Marvin movie The
    Dirty Dozen. There is a great biography of McNiece and it
    is available Amazon in Kindle format.

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