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		Final surviving members of elite WW2 commando unit 'The Devil's Brigade' die within 12 hours of each other in same town. Unfortunately leaving the treasure to Baron von Herzenberger (dailymail.co.uk)		44
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farkingismybusiness		2012-04-04 02:59:06 AM

Is late for the Kraftwerk concert.

/dummkopf

Elvis_Bogart		2012-04-04 03:16:05 AM

gopher321		2012-04-04 07:03:45 AM

So...lived in the same town, huh? Hmm...

Served in the same brigade, huh? Hmm...

Enjoyed the same...things, huh? Hmm...

.

/just sayin

TXEric		2012-04-04 10:38:58 AM

RIP, soldiers.
Thanks for your service.

Kit Fister		2012-04-04 11:19:19 AM

topcon		2012-04-04 11:21:03 AM

Hey funboys, get a room.

Pocket_Fisherman		2012-04-04 11:22:19 AM

Glenford		2012-04-04 11:23:35 AM

Best scene from a great movie. Link (new window)

mongbiohazard		2012-04-04 11:26:53 AM

Approves.

/best pic I could find on the bucket

Trucker		2012-04-04 11:34:38 AM

*Snaps a well-deserved salute*

With deepest respect and appreciation.

PYROY		2012-04-04 11:35:13 AM

The First Special Service Force earned the nickname 'Black Devils' because they smeared their faces with boot polish and murdered Nazis in their sleep

I'm pretty sure that's not murder.

eltejon		2012-04-04 11:36:36 AM

Going to have to read that book again.

/original concept had them working in far northern regions

Devo		2012-04-04 11:40:41 AM

I wonder if Viet Nam vets or our currently deployed vets (you know the ones serving 5 plus tours) will be revered like the WW2 vets.

ByOwlLight		2012-04-04 11:43:56 AM

Give 'em hell in the afterlife, fellas.

rikdanger		2012-04-04 11:44:44 AM

Wait - was there a tontine? Where's the Nazi loot?

Clemkadidlefark		2012-04-04 11:47:21 AM

Vaya con Dios, treasured brothers

TheShavingofOccam123		2012-04-04 11:47:27 AM

gopher321: So...lived in the same town, huh? Hmm...

Served in the same brigade, huh? Hmm...

Enjoyed the same...things, huh? Hmm...

.

/just sayin

Surely, Sherman my dear boy, you've heard...of the...buddy...system?

LandOfChocolate		2012-04-04 11:48:18 AM

Glenford: Best scene from a great movie. Link (new window)

Haven't seen the movie. From the out of context scene, that guy seems like kind of a dick. He totally provoked that schlubby brute just to kick his ass and make an example of him

Magorn		2012-04-04 11:49:59 AM

PYROY: The First Special Service Force earned the nickname 'Black Devils' because they smeared their faces with boot polish and murdered Nazis in their sleep

I'm pretty sure that's not murder.

and besides, they WERE warned about 200 years before:
www.inquisitr.com

Ghastly		2012-04-04 11:52:22 AM

dk47		2012-04-04 11:52:35 AM

What I like is they didn't have to get all tatted up, dress in black or look like gangsters to be badass. They were.

Glenford		2012-04-04 11:56:29 AM

LandOfChocolate: Glenford: Best scene from a great movie. Link (new window)

Haven't seen the movie. From the out of context scene, that guy seems like kind of a dick. He totally provoked that schlubby brute just to kick his ass and make an example of him

The guy who gets his ass kicked more than deserved it. Like he said at the beginning - "you have two seconds to apologise". Rocky didn't, and an ass-whupping ensued.

LOTN		2012-04-04 12:04:58 PM

Ghastly: PYROY: The First Special Service Force earned the nickname 'Black Devils' because they smeared their faces with boot polish and murdered Nazis in their sleep

I'm pretty sure that's not murder.

I murdered twenty-five Nazis, and one clown.

Why the twenty-five Nazis?

MythDragon		2012-04-04 12:06:02 PM

farkingismybusiness: [simpsonswiki.net image 250x193]
Is late for the Kraftwerk concert.

/dummkopf

Elvis_Bogart: [img805.imageshack.us image 251x248]

Dammit, I am way late on this one.

Milos Hattrick		2012-04-04 12:18:42 PM

KnowEyeInnTeem		2012-04-04 12:18:54 PM

I will put on some black-face to honor them. It appears that my friend Kwame beat me to it.

zepher		2012-04-04 12:36:49 PM

Godspeed to a couple of great men.

zepher		2012-04-04 12:37:31 PM

Devo: I wonder if Viet Nam vets or our currently deployed vets (you know the ones serving 5 plus tours) will be revered like the WW2 vets.

They are in my house.

MrCheeks		2012-04-04 12:43:43 PM

mongbiohazard: [i787.photobucket.com image 100x100]

Approves.

/best pic I could find on the bucket

Didn't he lose someone special during the War at Flanders?

/They were all great wars.
//Thank yooou.

TacoThursdays		2012-04-04 12:46:51 PM

Joe Glass?
i61.photobucket.com

trippdogg		2012-04-04 12:59:42 PM

Both men were selected in 1942 for the Plough Project - described as a 'suicide mission'...

Reminds me of a chick I dated once in college - she smelled like something crawled up there and died.

everybodylookattheirpants		2012-04-04 01:17:31 PM

topcon: Hey funboys, get a room.

Came here for this exact reference, leaving satisfied.

Subtle_Canary		2012-04-04 02:10:36 PM

Devo: I wonder if Viet Nam vets or our currently deployed vets (you know the ones serving 5 plus tours) will be revered like the WW2 vets.

You gotta actually WIN the war for that kinda status.

/combat vet.

wiredroach		2012-04-04 02:14:42 PM

Subtle_Canary: Devo: I wonder if Viet Nam vets or our currently deployed vets (you know the ones serving 5 plus tours) will be revered like the WW2 vets.

You gotta actually WIN the war for that kinda status.

/combat vet.

-50.

velvet_paw		2012-04-04 02:50:28 PM

There's a special group for those who answer, "Neither, thanks" when asked boxers or briefs?

buckler		2012-04-04 02:55:48 PM

"What about Fatty?"

gnoshyt_sherlocque		2012-04-04 03:18:53 PM

I wonder if Viet Nam vets or our currently deployed vets (you know the ones serving 5 plus tours) will be revered like the WW2 vets.

You gotta actually WIN the war for that kinda status.

To: Subtle Canary, they have to let us win the war.

Signed
Another Combat Vet

Recoil Therapy		2012-04-04 04:26:25 PM

One hell of a group of men. Their sector of the horrid Anzio beachhead was the only quiet place around. The Germans were so terrified of them that they didn't want to do anything to stir them up/piss them off.

The movie is pretty good too, reasonably accurate given the 1960's movie standards. The one line that always gets me, "Haven't you heard a commander saying goodbye to his men before?"

i213.photobucket.com

NewportBarGuy		2012-04-04 07:51:07 PM

PYROY: The First Special Service Force earned the nickname 'Black Devils' because they smeared their faces with boot polish and murdered Nazis in their sleep

I'm pretty sure that's not murder.

Nope. They hand out medals for that sh*t. I hand out free beers. I love it when WWII guys come into the pub. It's becoming a rarer event these days.

Fair winds and following seas, gentlemen. You have served our species well.

Ghastly		2012-04-04 08:14:10 PM

LOTN: Ghastly: PYROY: The First Special Service Force earned the nickname 'Black Devils' because they smeared their faces with boot polish and murdered Nazis in their sleep

I'm pretty sure that's not murder.

I murdered twenty-five Nazis, and one clown.

Why the twenty-five Nazis?

See, nobody cares about the clow.... waaaaaait a minute!

Recoil Therapy		2012-04-04 08:36:57 PM

The Joe Glass from the article is featured (much younger) in this documentary (new window) from the 90s it looks like.

It's a three part series on YT & there is also a 4 part one there too. Fascinating just how ordinary these supermen were. Greatest generation indeed.

Gortex		2012-04-04 09:22:41 PM

Hate to burst the subby's bubble, but there're still a few Devil's Brigade guys left up here in Canadaland. One lives in home town and is friends with my dad. He just got back a few weeks ago from some ceremoney in the States where the US military gave him yet another award for some crazy-arsed thing he did.
Mr. Herb Peppard of Truro Nova Scotia. He's been nominated for a Congressional Medal of Honour.
Here's the link from my local news rag:
Link (new window)

cynicalbastard		2012-04-05 10:05:00 AM

Devo: I wonder if Viet Nam vets or our currently deployed vets (you know the ones serving 5 plus tours) will be revered like the WW2 vets.

Not very likely. Defeating a colossal evil empire is in rather a different league from losing a war or just chasing a bunch of goatherders into the hills for a few years.

Mishno		2012-04-05 02:13:03 PM

Gortex: Hate to burst the subby's bubble, but there're still a few Devil's Brigade guys left up here in Canadaland. One lives in home town and is friends with my dad. He just got back a few weeks ago from some ceremoney in the States where the US military gave him yet another award for some crazy-arsed thing he did.
Mr. Herb Peppard of Truro Nova Scotia. He's been nominated for a Congressional Medal of Honour.
Here's the link from my local news rag:
Link (new window)

That's not the military's "Medal of Honor". It's a civilian award, the "Congressional Gold Medal". Still a very high award but not the Medal of Honor. In a way it's neater in that the mint designs a medal specifically for the recipient. It will be unique.

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