You Might Think That You Are a Bad Ass

[Bobcat]

[Ratickle]

Where/when is that picture from?

[Bobcat]

Um.....D-Day !

[fund razor]

101st Airborne. 1st demolition section. 506th parachute infantry regiment.
"The Filthy Thirteen." And they were badasses on many other days and in many other places than just D Day. They were dropped into the Battle of the Bulge, when Bastogne was completely encircled by the enemy. They were expected to all perish. They lost one man.

The warpaint was inspired by Jake McNiece, who was part Choctaw.

Members included:

Jack Agnew
Roland "Frenchy" R. Baribeau
Robert S. "Ragsman" Cone
James F. "Piccadilly Willy" Green
John "Peepnuts" Hale
James E. "LaLa" Leech
Louis "LouLip" Lipp
Thomas "Old Man" Lonergan
Michael "Mike" Marquez
Charles Mellen
Jake McNiece
John H. "Dinty" Mohr
Joseph "Joe" Oleskiewicz
Frank Palys
Herb "Herby" Pierce
Charles "Chuck" Plauda
George "GoogGoo" Radeka
Andrew "Andy" Rasmussen
Brincely Stroup
Clarence Ware
Jack "Hawkeye" Womer


Chuck Plauda and Clarence Ware are shown in the photo.

An interview with a couple of them can be found on the two disc DVD set of "The Dirty Dozen" which was based in part on some of the myths surrounding the Filthy 13.
The last member of the unit died at age 96 about 6 months ago.

[Ratickle]

Cool, Thanks John.

[Bobcat]

Dinty Mohr....I'll have to stew this one over.

[Ratickle]

It would be cool if they would do a real documentary on them, or have they somewhere?