Brit Reacts to America's Airborne Anti-hero - Jake "McNasty" McNiece

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  @kristinabenham9883 · 2 years ago

  I'm from Tonkawa Oklahoma that is 15 miles from Ponca City i met Jake Mcniece when I was in 9th grade 1986 my history teacher knew him and asked him to come and talk to us about his time in WW2 he was a great story teller

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  @DakonsMadhouse · 2 years ago

  Jake was like a real life Captain America, with a much more entertaining attitude.

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  @DashRiprock513 · 2 years ago

  He knew he wouldn't get blisters... He grew up poor in the depression he probably didn't have shoes till he was 15.

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  @PriscillaV1964 · 2 years ago

  Not to point out the obvious, but . . .<br><br>Jake was in fact older than most recruits AND he had been a professional Fire Fighter for a,number of years before joining the military. &nbsp;And back in the day, with gas lamps, candles and wooden houses, . . . rarely a day would pass without a fireman having to rush into a hellscape. &nbsp;Add to that Firemen lived at the Firehouse (in barracks).<br><br>We forget that with our very safe, very sedentary modern lives, how dangerous life for most people was.

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  @jeanielaborde6068 · 2 years ago

  That is why we call them “the greatest generation”.

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  @spacetiger5076 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The Hitler Youth was like a very militaristic Nazi Boy Scouts. So Amelia’s father was the leader of the local chapter, which meant he was de facto in charge of training the local Hitler Youth for war and support operations and indoctrinating them in Nazi Party ideologies.

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  @stephenvangelder3893 · 2 years ago

  Bro, you have to read the biographical book, &quot;The Filthy Thirteen&quot; by Richard Killblane and Jake McNiece.

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  @53cards92 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JGiMqWBvs0&amp;t=1507">25:07</a> &nbsp;McNasty’s experience as a firefighter was likely a major asset in multiple ways. He went from saving structural integrity to unsaving it. Imagine walking through a battlefield roughly knowing how to destroy everything in sight, including the battlefield itself. He’d probably seen enough death and destruction as a fireman to be creative about it. Then add the military training/experience and you’ve got an absolute tank of a soldier. 100% the main character

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  @ScottyM1959 · 2 years ago

  Bro, just so you know all the black &amp; white footage was avtual footage from WWII, so the footage of the guys with mohawks putting on face paint was really Jake McNeice.

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  @FuturisticallyFamous · 2 years ago

  The rest of the world watching this origin story are saying &quot;why is this guy doing this stuff?&quot;.<br>Americans watching this origin story are thinking &quot;yep, sounds about right&quot;

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  @stevenmcgrath5114 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JGiMqWBvs0&amp;t=953">15:53</a> &nbsp;YES ! ! !<br>101st Airborne, &nbsp;the Screeming Eagles ! ! !

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  @daviddavis2547 · 9 months ago

  Jake was an American Hero. Love this story ~proud American i was laughing with you Louis

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