[Thane_Banquo]

It's kind of ironic. He was so small that when he went to sign up for the Marines, they wouldn't take him.

[IGOTMINE]

Regarding Audie Murphy, "It's kind of ironic. He was so small that when he went to sign up for the Marines, they wouldn't take him."

Very true, and hundreds of Japanese survived the war as a result. :) The comment about Audie not looking very dangerous points up the adage about the size of the fight in the dog. He was a very, very dangeous man that was able to keep his head in the hottest of combat situations.