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Re: Credit where credit is due
My uncles were both 'line grunts', one with the 1st ID, the other with the '78th Lightening'.
But, I assure you, in the Civil War world, everyone at one time wanted to be a 'zouave', or some other off the wall unit, because of the 'cool uniforms'.
Most kids nowadays only know what they see on MTV, VH-1, and whatever they happen to pull off 'wikipedia' when they aren't surfing for porn. Be it WWII, WWI (huh? What's that???) and don't even mention Korea (was that, like, during the Revolution or something?) and Vietnam to them is "the war we lost, then Rambo won".
Blah blah blah.
And dont' get me started on squirrels that 'know' all about military history. I would have smacked the crap out of that idiot then shoved the 83rd's SSI up his nose for good measure.
Lastly, there really was an "82nd Infantry" division, during WWI, so if you want to mess with dolts, use that one instead. Same for the 101. (Extra credit, ask them where the Eagle on the SSI came from....or what the AA means in the 82nd's patch....)
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