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We got ourselves a couple of badasses here
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:03 am
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:03 am
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II veterans Bob Passanisi, 94, and Gilbert Howland, 96, commemorated the 75th anniversary of the 5307th Composite Unit's (Provisional) mission in the China Burma India theater with a wreath-laying ceremony at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC on May 8. Nicknamed "Merrill's Marauders" after their commander, Brig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill, the 5307th were the first American troops to fight the Japanese on land in Asia. Former Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall said the Marauders' mission against “large numbers of the enemy with few resources was unmatched in any theater.”
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Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:04 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:05 am to Jim Rockford
They look great for their age.
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:06 am to Jim Rockford
not many Merrill's Marauder's left
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:07 am to Jim Rockford
Meh, they got nothing on the badasses I see everyday in the quad
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:10 am to Jim Rockford
Not what I expected when I opened this thread. Much better actually.
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:13 am to Jim Rockford
They look like they could still whip some arse if need be.
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:15 am to Jim Rockford
2, 1
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:18 am to Jim Rockford
I am retired military. Not sure I could carry these guys jockstraps. Definitely our greatest generation. Saddened to know they are almost all gone.
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:21 am to Jim Rockford
The Merrills Marauders movie was pretty good. If that was a decent representation, then damn.
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:29 am to Topisawtiger
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Definitely our greatest generation. Saddened to know they are almost all gone.
No kidding. There were men who volunteered, were deemed unfit for service, and committed suicide due to the perceived shame.
I am not convinced that my generation wouldn't dare answer the call in the same manner if a Pearl Harbor style event happened.
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:33 am to fjlee90
Something like 25% of draftees didn't pass the physical, usually due to being underweight or not having enough teeth. Growing up during the Depression took its toll. One thing that was an automatic disqualifier was having a ruptured eardrum. It made you susceptible to poison gas, and gas masks of the time didn't cover the ears.
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:34 am to fjlee90
And because of their contributions they may not have to answer such a call. The best way to honor them is Vigilance.
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:36 am to Topisawtiger
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I am retired military. Not sure I could carry these guys jockstraps.
You might can. In fact, depending on the nature of your service, maybe they can't carry yours.
How do we know they weren't support personnel? How do we know they fired one single round? I mean about 40% of all jobs were rear echelon and only about 14% were infantry. About 16 million served during the war and less than 1 million saw actual combat.
Maybe their long life spans have to do with not developing ptsd related psychological and physiological ailments.
I don't know their personal histories but the likelihood they saw combat at all is pretty low. Maybe the ones who actually did the fighting were killed in combat or killed by the effects of it later in life.
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:39 am to Jim Rockford
It was inconceivable what the US did at the time
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:39 am to Sao
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They look great for their age.
Consider the possibility "they look great for their age" because they didn't do any actual fighting.
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:40 am to Jim Rockford
I bet I could take'em
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:41 am to Jim Rockford
I am proud to say that my Uncle was Battalion Sargent Major of the Marauders. I also met these two gentlemen at the WWII museum in New Orleans at the last Marauders reunion. Just being around these guys was an honor.
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:41 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 5/28/19 at 10:41 am to Pandy Fackler
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Pandy Fackler
You seem like a miserable fricking C.Unt. Why not just honor these men who volunteered or were drafted? If they served chow, does that make them any less honorable? If they kept track of stocks of ordinance does that make their service any less valuable? frick off.
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