WWII Vets are Badasses

[Lunchebox]

Audie Murphy was a mother #####ing badass.

"Following its participation in the Italian campaign, the 3rd Division invaded Southern France[4] on August 15, 1944 (Operation Anvil-Dragoon). Shortly thereafter, Murphy's best friend, Lattie Tipton (referred to as "Brandon" in Murphy's book To Hell and Back), was killed while approaching a German soldier who was feigning surrender. Murphy went into a rage, and single-handedly wiped out the German machine gun crew which had just killed his friend. He then used the German machine gun and grenades to destroy several other nearby enemy positions.[1] For this act, Murphy received the Distinguished Service Cross (second only to the Medal of Honor)."

"With the enemy tanks abreast of his position, 2d Lt. Murphy climbed on the burning tank destroyer, which was in danger of blowing up at any moment, and employed its .50 caliber machine gun against the enemy. He was alone and exposed to German fire from three sides, but his deadly fire killed dozens of Germans and caused their infantry attack to waver."


And James Henry Mills ain't no pansy either.

"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. Pvt. Mills, undergoing his baptism of fire, preceded his platoon down a draw to reach a position from which an attack could be launched against a heavily fortified strongpoint. After advancing about 300 yards, Pvt. Mills was fired on by a machinegun only 5 yards distant. He killed the gunner with 1 shot and forced the surrender of the assistant gunner. Continuing his advance, he saw a German soldier in a camouflaged position behind a large bush pulling the pin of a potato-masher grenade. Covering the German with his rifle, Pvt. Mills forced him to drop the grenade and captured him. When another enemy soldier attempted to throw a hand grenade into the draw, Pvt. Mills killed him with 1 shot. Brought under fire by a machinegun, 2 machine pistols, and 3 rifles at a range of only 50 feet, he charged headlong into the furious chain of automatic fire shooting his M 1 from the hip. The enemy was completely demoralized by Pvt. Mills' daring charge, and when he reached a point within 10 feet of their position, all 6 surrendered. As he neared the end of the draw, Pvt. Mills was brought under fire by a machinegunner 20 yards distant. Despite the fact that he had absolutely no cover, Pvt. Mills killed the gunner with 1 shot. Two enemy soldiers near the machinegunner fired wildly at Pvt. Mills and then fled. Pvt. Mills fired twice, killing 1 of the enemy. Continuing on to the position, he captured a fourth soldier. When it became apparent that an assault on the strongpoint would in all probability cause heavy casualties on the platoon, Pvt. Mills volunteered to cover the advance down a shallow ditch to a point within 50 yards of the objective. Standing on the bank in full view of the enemy less than 100 yards away, he shouted and fired his rifle directly into the position. His ruse worked exactly as planned. The enemy centered his fire on Pvt. Mills. Tracers passed within inches of his body, rifle and machine pistol bullets ricocheted off the rocks at his feet. Yet he stood there firing until his rifle was empty. Intent on covering the movement of his platoon, Pvt. Mills jumped into the draw, reloaded his weapon, climbed out again, and continued to lay down a base of fire. Repeating this action 4 times, he enabled his platoon to reach the designated spot undiscovered, from which position it assaulted and overwhelmed the enemy, capturing 22 Germans and taking the objective without casualties."

[Jakey]

I'm pretty sure Audie Murphy was (and still is) the most decorated soldier in the U.S. military.

American soldiers are so badass.

[Lunchebox]

He is. ##### yeah.

[AlexThePenguin]

My grandfather was in WWII.

[Orange Devil]

I've always said that that is one of the only wars that I would have willingly fought in.

[Chron]

Audie Murphy mode in Medal of Honor is where you're freaking invincible.

Retrospectively Mills would have made the better choice, but then he didn't go into WAGE.

[White Shadow]

My grandfather was in WWII.

So was mine.

[Chron]

Both of mine were.
Actually, you'd probably find most of them were if you live in any country involved in the conflict.

My grandfathers were both mechanic officers, but whatever.

[Captain Sanoguchi]

My grandfather was in WWII.

So was mine.

Both of mine were, one won an award for shooting down 5 Japanese planes in 2 minutes, or something. That's pretty damn good for real life.

[Lunchebox]

My grandfather was in WWII.

So was mine.

Mine too... Wait, was your grandfather a Nazi soldier?

[Captain Sanoguchi]

Dude, Lunche, that's kind of rude, nobody wants to admit to being related to a Nazi.

[Chron]

You're so very naive, Sano.
So very naive.

[Mikero]

My grandfather was in WWII.

So was mine.

Same. My great grandfather was in both World Wars.

[Lunchebox]

It'd be easier to ask whose grandfather WASN'T in WWII.

Also, what the hell did the Canadians do in WWII? When did they join in?

[Mikero]

1939. First sent to battle in 1941. Canadians rushed to enlist. We did a lot. We have a lot of heroes buried in Dieppe and all over Europe.

Don't #####. Just because you don't learn our history doesn't mean we sat on our asses all damn day.

[Lunchebox]

In American History classes, we talk about how we were Isolationists, and wanted nothing to do with the war, until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Then we got up, and like the badasses we were, we won that bitch.

We #####ed up the Nazis, created a weapon we only had to use once, and freed the Jews.

[Chron]

We used it twice, you moron.

I love how our history books paint us up to be the mega-awesome good guys.
There were motives.
They weren't all good.

[ASR]

I had a post planned earlier that describes America's role in the way just as Lunche did right there. He pulled it off a lot better than I could've.

He's right, though. That's exactly what they teach us.

[Lunchebox]

I count dropping Fat Man and Little Boy as one strike.

Our motivation, as I understand it, was "These mother #####ers just bombed us! THIS ##### IS GOING DOWN, FOR REAL, HOMEY!".

[Chron]

We didn't strike against Japan full-force when we entered, though.
We went for Europe. That alone should tell you there was more involved than "getting back at the Japanese".

Two uses of a weapon does not count as one.

[AlexThePenguin]

Both of mine were.
Actually, you'd probably find most of them were if you live in any country involved in the conflict.

My grandfathers were both mechanic officers, but whatever.

My grandfather was a payroll officer. >_>;


@Lunche:

Yes, just like we've "liberated" Iraq because we were attacked.

[ASR]

We're loosely grazing the Danger Zone that is politics.

Let's talk about badass WWII vets.

[AlexThePenguin]

My grandfather was actually in three wars: WWII, Korea and Viet Nam.

As a payroll officer.

He made Lieutenant.

29 years.

[Lunchebox]

We didn't strike against Japan full-force when we entered, though.
We went for Europe. That alone should tell you there was more involved than "getting back at the Japanese".

Two uses of a weapon does not count as one.

I've heard that FDR knew about the attack before hand, and let it happen so we could enter the war.

Also, it does now.

Both of mine were.
Actually, you'd probably find most of them were if you live in any country involved in the conflict.

My grandfathers were both mechanic officers, but whatever.

My grandfather was a payroll officer. >_>;


@Lunche:

Yes, just like we've "liberated" Iraq because we were attacked.

Did you just compare the war in Iraq to WWII?

This isn't the same, AT ALL.

Hitler really WAS a power hungry dictator, out to rule the world, and performing acts of mass genocide, and yes, the Jewish, polish, gypsy, and the rest of those folks really DID greet us as liberators, because they were in DEATH CAMPS.

This is not the same as Georgy-boy saying "LOL OSAMA ISN'T IMPORTANT, SADAM IS BEHIND IT, LET'S ATTACK HIM AND 'FREE' THE IRAQUIES!".


And soldiers were actually fighting something WORTH fighting for in WII, and though it may not have been straight reprisals for Pearl Harbor, we went out and stopped what was a straight up EVIL force, no doubt about that.


And I should also remind you that a great deal of Americans wanted to enter the war sooner. Captain America for instance, was created before we entered the war.

Where as everyone is still dumbfounded with the fact we're in Iraq.

[AlexThePenguin]

I was comparing speculative motives.

Not actual facts.

This war's like Nam more than anything else.


I changed the subject so as not to get into politics.

[ASR]

nam num num num

[AlexThePenguin]

you mean:

NAM NOM NOM

[Chron]

Something like that.
HEY, GUYS!

My great uncle Alex was around during Pearl Harbor. He was an awesome vet, really.
Made it through the whole attack unscathed.

He was having a picnic on the other side of the island, but still.

[AlexThePenguin]

That made me chuckle. >_>;

[Lunchebox]

My Grandpa was part of the 42nd engineering unit, and at some point, is unit was in southern Asian Islands, or something, for some reason. It was during a air raid, and everyone was told to stay in the boat, because the Japanese were dropping bombs in areas they thought Americans were. The boat was shooting it's own anti-air rifles, or something, and the ship's cook decided to go on deck to see what was going on.

He was crushed by a shell from the bullets of the anti air-rifles.

After hearing that story, I said "Well, I guess curiosity killed the cook!".

I can't remember whether or not he found it funny.

[Xzeemo]

My next door neighbor was a WWII vet. He was super badass. He flew in B-17 bombers as a gunner, his plane had all of these narrow escapes and went on I believe 50 or so missions. They made it back everytime too. I don't think any of his crew was killed in flight. But he loved photography and so he had all of these awesome pictures of air battles and crazy stuff like that.

[Edgecrusher]

Just because you don't learn our history doesn't mean we sat on our asses all damn day.

Silly Mikero, Canada doesn't have any history; Just rocks, trees and water.

[White Shadow]

My grandfather was in WWII.

So was mine.

Mine too... Wait, was your grandfather a Nazi soldier?

Wehrmacht, cavalry.

[Majikn]

Silly Mikero, Canada doesn't have any history; Just rocks, trees and water.

Go, Lester! Kill! DESTROY!

*dried up maple leaf skitters along the floor for a few moments*

DAMNIT LESTER

We do take pride in our rocks, though.

[ClickOutMets]

My grandfather was in WWII, stationed in India or something as a Pharmacy officer I think.

I know this other Fellow, Ralph, he is a Pearl Harbor Survivor.

[Majikn]

I just found out that MY grandfather has cancer and now this topic is making me laugh.

Then again, reading those bits about those two veterans also made me laugh.

[Mikero]

In American History classes, we talk about how we were Isolationists, and wanted nothing to do with the war, until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Then we got up, and like the badasses we were, we won that bitch.

We #####ed up the Nazis, created a weapon we only had to use once, and freed the Jews.

That's fine, I just have issues with your country's apparently lack of global view. Not that any first world nation is really good with that sort of thing.

But yes, we were there. We did a lot. We bled our share.

My grandfather and great grandfather were at D-Day but I've forgotten a lot of what I was told since Remembrance Day in 1995.

My cousin is an engineer, he did Afghanistan twice. I'm not sure if he's going back again. He really doesn't have to, he's rich 'cause of it. It's not about the money though.

Silly Mikero, Canada doesn't have any history; Just rocks, trees and water.

We've got rocks and trees and trees and rocks and rocks and trees and trees and rocks, we've got rocks and trees and trees and rocks and waterrrrrr.

(From a song.)

[Lunchebox]

My grandfather was in WWII.

So was mine.

Mine too... Wait, was your grandfather a Nazi soldier?

Wehrmacht, cavalry.

Ah, so THAT'S where you get it from...

Nah, just joshing, Kian.

Also, another interesting fact about my grandfather.

He worked on the Manhattan Project a little. I forget what exactly he did, he wasn't like one of the scientists or something. They actually told him very little, and had no idea what the hell he was working on. He talked to me about how there were five men assigned to different sections, and one of those five monitored the others to make sure they didn't let slip any information. He ended up seeing a childhood friend of his, who knew more than he did, I guess. One day, he pulled my grandpa aside, and told him "Robert, this thing we're working on... It's going to win us the WAR!", and didn't say anything beyond that. I think my grandpa might have asked him what they were working on, not sure.

My grandpa was only there for about a month or two ( I think) and asked to be transfered, since this assignment bored him to tears.

Then when he heard about Fat Man and Little Boy hitting Japan, he was all like "Holy #####, is THAT what I was working on?!". Or something to that effect. I doubt he said "Holy #####", as he's against cursing and such.

[Chron]

One of my Grandparents worked on some of the other nuclear tests after the way, especially the ones on various Pacific isles.

You can see one of them in the opening credits to the US Godzilla movie.

[Captain Sanoguchi]

In American History classes, we talk about how we were Isolationists, and wanted nothing to do with the war, until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Then we got up, and like the badasses we were, we won that bitch.

We #####ed up the Nazis, created a weapon we only had to use once, and freed the Jews.

Great job stating the obvious.

[ASR]

One of my Grandparents worked on some of the other nuclear tests after the way, especially the ones on various Pacific isles.

You can see one of them in the opening credits to the US Godzilla movie.

Godzilla 2000?

That movie was the funniest unintentional-comedy I've ever seen.

[Mikero]

Dracula 2000 was funnier.

[ASR]

I'll assume you've actually seen Godzilla 2000 and take your word for it.

What was the name of the guy whose name the other guy shouted at the end right before Godzilla killed him?

You know, he was all

"GOOOZIIIIIRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

and then Gozira (sic) ate him and then the other guy went

"[eaten guy's name]"


It went something like that. It was awesome.

[Mikero]

Gojira (sic) actually.

I only saw it once so I've no idea.

[Lunchebox]

I've never understood what "(sic)" meant, or when to use it.

[ASR]

Yeah, so did I, but I at least used to remember the name because it was so funny.

I just checked IMDB but none of cast's names sound right. Oh well. Basically, this one guy just shouts "GODZILLA" in a really exaggerated and overly elongated manner, and then Godzilla kills him. The guy standing next to him then shouts the now-dead guys name in the exact same way that "GODZILLA" was shouted.

I think that's the only shown death in the movie.

[Chron]

We're talking about the one with Ferris Beuler, right?

I've never understood what "(sic)" meant, or when to use it.

"As spelled in content".

[AlexThePenguin]

I thought it was "spelling is corrected" for the longest time.

[Speed Racer]

Both of my grandfathers served in World War II. My mother's father served in the Navy. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor and was moved out days before the attack, and he ended up serving out in the Atlantic Ocean. Oddly enough, he ended up dying on Pearl Harbor Day 1991 (First funeral I ever went to.) I don't know about any special things that he did.

My other grandfather (father's side), died recently after dealing with Parkinson's and dementia for five years. I don't know what all he did, but I think my parents said that he used to be on one of the "flying fortress" crews.

[Mikero]

We're talking about the one with Ferris Beuler, right?

Beuler? Beuler? Beuler? Beuler?

(Who wasn't expecting someone to do that?)