Col. Lewis Millett, one serious B.A.M.F.

Damn.

“I went from Army deserter to colonel,” he said. “I served in two armies, in three wars — in Africa, Europe and Asia.” He said he had met presidents, “had my picture taken with some of them. But I was honored to fight for freedom, and I’d do it again.”

Certified badazz. He was Chuck Norris before Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris is an actor. A short, bearded actor.

This dude saw REAL combat.

From the article

“I assaulted an antitank rifle crew,” he told Military History magazine in 2002. “The man at the point was the gunner. I bayoneted him. The next man reached for something, I think it was a machine pistol, but I bayoneted him — got him in the throat.”

The third soldier had a submachine gun.

“I guess the sight of me, red-faced and screaming, made him freeze,” he recalled. “Otherwise he would have killed me. I lunged forward and the bayonet went into his forehead. With the adrenaline flowing you’re strong as a bull. It was like going into a watermelon.”

This is why I hate to hear people use the word hero when referring to their first grade teacher or whatever. Hero should be used only in reference to MFers like this guy.

Haji wrote:

This is why I hate to hear people use the word hero when referring to their first grade teacher or whatever. Hero should be used only in reference to MFers like this guy.

Holy F***** shit.

maybe he was just a big violent psycho ass who found his niche killing people from other countries and getting praised/awards for it. Maybe if he grew up in Staten Island and was Italian, he would be nothing more than a murdering mobster?

I love this place.

I think the fact that he was never convicted of killing anyone pretty much answers any outstanding questions you might have about his character.

Of course he wasn't convicted of murder, it was war. dont mean he wasnt pscho killer.

The fact that he deserted the US Army to join the Canadanian Army to see battle sooner is crazy

Col. Jessep: Son, we live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and curse the Marines; you have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives and that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use then as the backbone of a life trying to defend something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you," and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.

Kind of ironic he had to join the Canadian Army to see action first. I swear most Americans claim Canada is nowhere to be found in military action?