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Member of unit linked to 'Dirty Dozen' dies in Pa.
Associated Press ^
| April 11, 2010
| RON TODT
Posted on 04/11/2010 6:58:54 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- John "Jack" Agnew, one of the original members of a U.S. Army unit that operated behind enemy lines in World War II and is often credited with having loosely inspired the movie "The Dirty Dozen," has died at age 88.
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To: Free ThinkerNY
May he be in heaven 3 days before the devil knows he’s gone.
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posted on
04/11/2010 7:01:55 PM PDT
by
Freddd
(CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
To: Freddd
Ditto.
Must have had an interesting life.
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posted on
04/11/2010 7:03:14 PM PDT
by
rbosque
(11 year Freeper! Damnant quod non intellegunt.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
IIRC, he was part of the 101st that sported the mohawk and warpaint to screw with the Germans...
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posted on
04/11/2010 7:03:25 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Free ThinkerNY
One of the "Filthy Thirteen" - Rest in Peace, Gallant Warrior!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
04/11/2010 7:17:51 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
One of their proudest boasts were never to have saluted an
officer......
Or took a bath......
RIP “Filthy Thirteen”
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posted on
04/11/2010 7:24:20 PM PDT
by
njslim
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
04/11/2010 7:25:21 PM PDT
by
katana
(Interesting Times)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Before the Battle of the Bulge, Agnew and other members of the unit were requested for pathfinder duty and parachuted into Bastogne... Not questioning Mr. Angew's service, but there is something wrong with this story.
The 101st went into Bastonge on trucks. I never heard of any jumps in that campaign.
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posted on
04/11/2010 7:27:56 PM PDT
by
Ditto
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
04/11/2010 7:29:06 PM PDT
by
Signalman
To: Free ThinkerNY
To: Ditto
Found this note online:
"On 23 dec 1944 , right after the fog lifted 2 sticks of Pathfinders of the 506th jumped and landed on the LZ behind the cemetery . They set up the beacons for the supplies to be dropped . With them were Jake McNiece and Jack Agnew . Famous photo of Jak Agnew sitting on the brick pile was taken at the one of the old brick factories behind the Renval camping site."
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posted on
04/11/2010 7:40:47 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: SAMWolf; snippy_about_it; alfa6
To: katana
To: katana
Thanks for the link, it was an interesting story. Now I will have to purchase that book.
The Dirty Dozen is one of my favorite movies, but did not know it was based of actual men in WWII.
To: katana
That is a great story at that link.
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posted on
04/11/2010 9:03:53 PM PDT
by
ansel12
( Why are the non "social conservative" Republicans so unconservative?)
To: Ditto
They were pathfinders, it wasn’t a mass jump.
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posted on
04/11/2010 9:07:24 PM PDT
by
ansel12
( Why are the non "social conservative" Republicans so unconservative?)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Gotta get one of these pictures in this thread, but just so everyone knows Lee Marvin was a WWII Marine...
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
04/12/2010 7:42:53 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: Free ThinkerNY
506 PIR, 101 Airborne, is ALSO the Regiment that gave us the Band of Brothers (Company E, 2nd Battalion).
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