US Army Vet Reacts "Lafayette "War Daddy" Pool - Most Gangster Tanker Of WW2 | The Fat Electrician"

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  @DMoNCFL · 2 years ago

  Fun fact: Admiral Willis Lee sidestepped the vision problem by memorizing the eye chart before taking the test. He would go on to be the only commander of a battleship to sink a Japanese battleship in the entire Pacific war; dude embraced technology and used radar at night to maximum effect on the USS Washington.

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• TA

  @TasmanianRebel · 2 years ago

  The canteen cup is real.  In 2003 combat in Iraq we were afraid to use our canteen cups to warm food because it was just anothet piece of equipment we would be required to clean to impossible standards.

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• PA

  @pauld6967 · 2 years ago

  "Unhealthcare System" comes from his earliest videos and the shirt is probably still available in his store.

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• SC

  @Scoobydcs · 2 years ago

  ching lee was awesome, a sniper who realized 16" naval are still just guns so turned them into MASSIVE sniper rifles lol

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• HE

  @Heegaherger · 2 years ago

  The Bocage Hedgerows were no joke.  There is footage of Sherman tanks bouncing off them while trying to punch through.

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  @2410jrod · 2 years ago

  Those two guy catching up is no doubt the most Army thing ever. Something like that happened to me in Afghanistan except…we had weapons and shooting back while catching up.

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  @fishtigua · 2 years ago

  When I was 13, I used to pistol shoot for my local club. At one match, first one with the Senior Team at an area division match, I forgot my glasses. Our coach told my Mum not to be too upset if it all fell apart. As he watched with his binoculars he leaned over to Mum and said "Ooh, he hit the target at least". Not only did I hit the target, I came 3rd overall against all the 18yo seniors in my first match. My glasses today are still pretty heavy and that pistol is here on the rack.

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• VM

  @vmi02raven · 2 years ago

  Two CIF turn-in stories from my time in the Army.<br>1. As I was leaving the 82nd, they had two IBA&apos;s (body armor) on my record: one woodland and one ACU. &nbsp;Turns out during the pre-deployment activities I did two years prior I exchanged my woodland IBA for the ACU one...and the RFI people never updated my clothing record. &nbsp;God was watching over me cause the CIF manager said they were just going to ignore the &quot;missing&quot; woodland IBA because, in his words, &quot;we no longer issue that pattern anymore or have it in stock, no one cares, move along.&quot;<br>2. When I transitioned out of Active Duty into the Reserves, I had to clear CIF as if I were actually getting out of the Army. Unfortunately, the CIF facility I had to go to was at Fort Drum...the other side of New York from where I was stationed. &nbsp;I intentionally did not bring my poncho liner (aka, the woobee) because of sentimental reasons and had every intention of paying whatever they charged me. &nbsp;What I didn&apos;t know was that before CIF could charge me I needed to have a commander&apos;s investigation with the findings of &quot;he must pay for the loss.&quot; &nbsp;I was for hell not driving all the way across New York just to do a commander&apos;s investigation (which would take about two weeks on average) and then drive back to Fort Drum. &nbsp;I told CIF, &quot;I&apos;ll be right back.&quot; I then went to nearest Army Surplus off-post, bought a poncho liner, and used that one for turn-in.

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  @davidmcadams5542 · 2 years ago

  Watching Nick I have learned more from his videos than I did highschool with 4 years of history and if he was my history teacher I would have made straight A&apos;s 🇺🇸👍

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• TA

  @Tander2001 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Rest in Peace Legends 😢<br>Facts. Winning is everything in war.

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• PL

  @Plastikdoom · 2 years ago

  My grandpa was rejected in WWII, for his eyesight and color blindness, well on my dad’s side, he went in aerospace then. He made parts and planes, after that. The companies he worked for participated and won the space race. His company made parts for all the Apollo missions. He made parts for all of them. Or overseen the manufacture and was quality control/ran his own ship in the company, they also made parts for and worked on the tomahawk program. The M1’s turret ring and turret, and the M2’s and systems dealing with them. As third party contractors helping the big boys make what they needed. Along with pretty much parts for every fighter and bomber from WWII to the 1980’s, he had 2, 20 year retirements and helped us win everything in a small part from WWII on. From he made. Or over seen/QC’d. Bad ass in own way. Lots of cool<br>And crazy stories, my old. Little<br>Grandpa worked on all these. One of many who did, no doubt, he never claimed he did the most important thing. He did his part and job as best as he could. As he said. I remember as a kid in the early 90’s his stories of just stuff, general things and seeing tests. After the systems were announced. Probably released or maybe. My grandpa died of heart attack in 08 when I was I. Helmand province. So maybe he said thing he shouldn’t have. I doubt it though. Even if he did. He’s dead. What’s anyone gonna do now? Nothing. I’ll never repeat anything that’s questionable. Plus you know I had clearances, a fair amount of important ones cause of what I did. And handled. No not special. Just my job and good at it. But like I said no one or anything can actually prosecute and hold him accountable, haha. Was awesome shit to hear. Overall.

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  @helmedon · 2 years ago

  The M4 Sherman, even with the upgraded 76mm gun were not really a match for the Tigers or Tiger II (King Tiger). They could take them out but only from the flank or behind. German tanks were mostly taken out by anti-tank guns rather than tanks. Shermans could evenly fight with the Panthers, Panzers and STuGs but Tigers were pretty tough. Luckily there weren&apos;t a lot available and they broke down a lot.

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