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"Old Man" Tommy
Lonergan (center) and John "Peepnuts" Hale (left) of the 'Filthy Thirteen' (the name given to the 1st Demolition Section of the Regimental Headquarters Company of the 506th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, of the United States Army, which fought in the European campaign in World War ll.) photographed together in England on c. 5 June 1944. Hale would be killed in action during the Normandy invasion on the 6 June 1944. This unit was the inspiration for the 1965 book and 1967 film The Dirty Dozen.

Cred: colourisedpieceofjake

 
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