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Old 04-03-2014, 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael B View Post
And also '1880nonsports'

Jason - I am not sure if you noticed, but Walsh also enlisted in the Marines in WWII and rose to the rank of Lt-Col. After the war he commanded the Marine Sharpshooters unit. He must have been one tough SOB. He lives a stones throw from me in Arlington, VA. Would love to meet him, but don't see it happening.
Yeah, I did read his whole wiki-bio. He definitely was bad-ass. He also fought in the Pacific during WWII...Okinawa...which was one hellhole of a fight.
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