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To: Yo-Yo
When the German asked for American terms of surrender, commanding Gen. Anthony MacAuliffe famously replied, “Nuts!”

I was going to say that we have better documentation for Sgt Speranza's feat of brauhaus heroism than their is for BGen Anthony MacAuliffe's pithy quote. I've always believe an airborne general would probably have said something unprintable when asked to surrender.

34 posted on 09/29/2021 12:51:59 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Tallguy; rlmorel

General MacAuliffe was an artillery officer: he was in command while the CG of the 101st was home on leave.

Have my own story of illicit drinking - while I was in Vietnam, anything alcoholic was hard to get where were, but one of my buddies snagged a gallon size can of pineapple from the mess hall. We poured the juice into a large glass bottle and threw a handful of yeast into it.

Three days later, it was well fermented and we drank the whole thing while a corpsman stood by with an aid bag, in case.. Great stuff!


39 posted on 09/29/2021 1:30:09 PM PDT by Chainmail (Frater magnus te spectat)
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To: Tallguy

Hahahahahah...such as “Tell them they can go **** themselves!”


41 posted on 09/29/2021 2:08:50 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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