Carrying grenades or getting called "Ol' Irontits"?
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| Author: | tom d. friedman [ Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | trivia question re: lt. general matthew b. ridgway |
from ww 2 through the korean war why did a high ranking general like ridgway always have a grenade attached to his web belt?? was this his signature of the man like patton's ivory handled pistols were to him?? |
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| Author: | Holedigger [ Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:06 am ] |
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Found this on that, a quote from the General himself. he always had a hand grenade attached to one shoulder strap on his battle jacket, and a first aid kit on the other. "Some people thought I wore the grenades as a gesture of showmanship," he said years later. "This was not correct. They were purely utilitarian. Many a time in Europe and Korea, men in tight spots blasted their way out with hand grenades." http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/ridgway.htm |
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| Author: | tom d. friedman [ Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:45 am ] |
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let's see a general get away with that today!! |
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| Author: | Holedigger [ Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:24 am ] |
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Carrying grenades or getting called "Ol' Irontits"?
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| Author: | tom d. friedman [ Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:24 am ] |
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both, because up to now i never heard that name applied to ridgway how did he get that title??
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| Author: | Holedigger [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:25 pm ] |
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at least not to his face!!! Lots of mentions of it, just google, ridgway iron tits and you will get a lot of citations! Guess they "cleaned up" general history books to not offend anyone! |
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