http://www.cracked.com/article_17019_5-real-life-soldiers-who-make-rambo-look-like-pussy.html
Here are some of my favourite parts:
1."...the Russians just carpet-bombed everywhere they thought he might be. Supposedly, they had the location right, and he actually got hit by a cloud of shrapnel that tore his coat up, but didn't actually hurt him, because he's the fucking White Death, damn it."
and 2. "In spite of having come down with a nasty case of shot-in-the-face syndrome, he was still very much alive..."
3. "[Fighting Jack] Churchill's basically a crazier, Scottish version of [Colonel Bill] Kilgore [(Robert Duvall) from Apocalypse Now]. With a big fucking broadsword. Like if Kilgore was played by William Wallace from Braveheart on crystal meth."
4. " They gave [Audie Murphy] a Distiguished Service Cross, and made him platoon commander while everyone apologized profusely for calling him "Shorty." "
I now feel compelled to look at one of the follow-up items, namely, The 11 Most Badass Last Words Ever Muttered...
Paul B. follows up with his reference to Battleground 625 (= Welcome to Dongmakgol), the story of North and South Korean Soldiers and an American teaming up to protect an idyllic and remote village during the Korean War.
