Re: Questions regarding NAC ground units, was SG IF morale

I think my all-time favorite for humorous nicknames is the Vietnamese
nickname for the 101st Airborne.  They didn't know what an eagle was so
they called them "The Chicken Men".

Bill
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John Atkinson wrote:

>Of course.  It's just the the Brits have far more
>poetic unit names (Scots Dragoon Guards, etc) than the
>US.

That's only if you list them by their official TO&E designations.  List
them
by their more publically known names, and their nicknames, and American
units hold their own in the dashing department - Screaming Eagles, Big
Red
One, Devil Dogs... maybe even dredge up some less remembered nicks - I
recall the Germans in Italy referred to US paratroopers as "Those devils
in
baggy pants."

Brian

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