{"id":213200,"date":"2025-10-18T18:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T23:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=213200"},"modified":"2025-10-21T15:08:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:08:48","slug":"operation-just-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/operation-just-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Just Cause: Fighting to the Death Over an Airport Restroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">12<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A gritty, first person friendly walk through Operation Just Cause in December 1989, from the Rangers\u2019 airfield seizures to the infamous latrine fight and the fall of Manuel Noriega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-setting-the-stage-for-operation-just-cause\">Setting the Stage for Operation Just Cause<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All proper soldiers want to come home with a good story. You\u2019d like to be able to sit down someday with your grandkids and tell them how you rescued the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders from the clutches of some evil despot. Tragically, the real world seldom works out quite like that. More often than not, you find yourself fighting across a chicken coop or securing some poor schmuck\u2019s pig farm. And then there were these guys\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-10.10.08%E2%80%AFAM-574x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders image referenced in Operation Just Cause intro, Rangers story context\" class=\"wp-image-213202\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">All soldiers long to be able to save these fine young ladies from some deadly peril. Reality is seldom so satisfying. (Photo\/Wikipedia by Doug Wertman.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-setting-the-stage-for-operation-just-cause\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"operation-just-cause\" title=\"Operation Just Cause: Fighting to the Death Over an Airport Restroom\" data-level=\"2\">Setting the Stage for Operation Just Cause<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-trouble-in-paradise-noriega-and-panama-1989\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"operation-just-cause\" title=\"Operation Just Cause: Fighting to the Death Over an Airport Restroom\" data-level=\"2\">Trouble in Paradise: Noriega and Panama 1989<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-invasion-rangers-airfields-and-stealth-debut\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"operation-just-cause\" title=\"Operation Just Cause: Fighting to the Death Over an Airport Restroom\" data-level=\"2\">The Invasion: Rangers, Airfields, and Stealth Debut<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-things-get-real-the-omar-torrijos-latrine-fight\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"operation-just-cause\" title=\"Operation Just Cause: Fighting to the Death Over an Airport Restroom\" data-level=\"2\">Things Get Real: The Omar Torrijos Latrine Fight<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-aftermath-d-day-success-and-noriega-on-the-run\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"operation-just-cause\" title=\"Operation Just Cause: Fighting to the Death Over an Airport Restroom\" data-level=\"2\">Aftermath: D Day Success and Noriega on the Run<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-from-president-to-prisoner\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"operation-just-cause\" title=\"Operation Just Cause: Fighting to the Death Over an Airport Restroom\" data-level=\"2\">From President to Prisoner<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-pineapple-face-finds-jesus\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"operation-just-cause\" title=\"Operation Just Cause: Fighting to the Death Over an Airport Restroom\" data-level=\"2\">Pineapple Face Finds Jesus<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-related-reads-from-gunsamerica-digest\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"operation-just-cause\" title=\"Operation Just Cause: Fighting to the Death Over an Airport Restroom\" data-level=\"2\">Related Reads from GunsAmerica Digest<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-trouble-in-paradise-noriega-and-panama-1989\">Trouble in Paradise: Noriega and Panama 1989<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It was December of 1989, and Manuel Noriega had just gotten on George Herbert Walker Bush\u2019s last nerve. Noriega\u2019s people called him Pineapple Face behind his back. He was forever smitten with severe facial scars from some sort of childhood pox. Perhaps that&#8217;s what made him grow up to be such a turd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-10.14.13%E2%80%AFAM.jpg\" alt=\"Manuel Noriega portrait used in Operation Just Cause history article\" class=\"wp-image-213203\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Manuel Noriega&#8217;s distinctive facial scars left him with the derogatory moniker &#8220;Pineapple Face.&#8221; Social media photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As is so often the case, Manuel Noriega started out as one of the Good Guys. He always was a scumbag, but at least he was our scumbag. Over time, old Pineapple Face began dabbling in drug trafficking. With the resources of a nation state at his disposal, Noriega began to more resemble a warlord than a respectable chief executive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-10.12.21%E2%80%AFAM.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of Manuel Noriega during Panama era\" class=\"wp-image-213204\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Manuel Noriega started out strong but ended poorly. (photo\/Public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After he was indicted by an American court on drug charges, Noriega nullified the results of the election that he lost to the opposition leader, Guillermo Endara, so he could remain in power indefinitely. There was and is a substantial American military presence in Panama. Over time, Noriega\u2019s thugs grew more and more bold in their harassment of US troops. Noriega began getting chummy with the Soviets. Relations between Noriega and the Americans grew quite chilly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then one evening, four American officers were stopped by PDF (Panamanian Defense Force) troops whilst heading into Panama City to eat dinner. The PDF thugs fired on the unarmed Americans, killing Marine First Lieutenant Robert Paz. They also arrested a Navy SEAL officer and his wife, beating them both badly. Bush the First had had enough. At 0100 on 20 December 1989, Uncle Sam broke out his big stick. They christened the mission to depose Noriega and restore freedom to Panama Operation Just Cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-invasion-rangers-airfields-and-stealth-debut\">The Invasion: Rangers, Airfields, and Stealth Debut<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We hit the nation of Panama with more than 27,000 troops. The XVIII Airborne Corps led the way with the 82d Airborne. Lots of other units got in on the party as well, including the 7<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Special Forces Group, the 7<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Infantry Division (Light), and scads of support and specialized outfits, as well as a few Marines. The 75<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Ranger Regiment was tasked to seize the Rio Hato and Omar Torrijos Airfields. Airfield seizure is one of the Rangers\u2019 particular specialities. Nobody on the planet does that better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-10.20.31%E2%80%AFAM-1024x740.jpg\" alt=\"M113 armored personnel carrier drives through a storefront during Panama invasion\" class=\"wp-image-213210\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nobody does institutionalized chaos quite like Uncle Sam. Here we see an M113 armored personnel carrier driving through some poor slob&#8217;s laundromat. (Photo\/Public domain.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rio Hato attack was initiated by a pair of F-117A stealth fighters dropping 2,000-pound precision-guided bombs as a diversion. This was the first combat use of a stealth fighter in military history. Soon thereafter, the Rangers jumped at the insanely low altitude of 490 feet. Despite the low level of the drop, 11 of the 13 transport aircraft were still damaged by 23mm antiaircraft fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-10.23.11%E2%80%AFAM-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"F-117A stealth aircraft used in first combat during Operation Just Cause\" class=\"wp-image-213211\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The invasion of Panama saw the world&#8217;s first tactical use of stealth aircraft. (photo\/Public domain.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Rangers were fanning out to take the Rio Hato airfield, two Panamanian military trucks loaded with PDF troops came screaming down the runway. The Panamanians raked the assembled Rangers with .50 caliber machine gun fire. In response, one Ranger platoon sergeant pithed one of the trucks with an M72 LAW rocket. Amazingly, another NCO engaged the second truck with his M1911A1 .45ACP pistol, serendipitously struck the fuel tank, and caused the vehicle to explode. Feel free to insert your favorite anecdote about the near supernatural stopping power of the 1911 pistol here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-10.27.40%E2%80%AFAM.jpg\" alt=\"Rio Hato airfield image from Operation Just Cause 1989\" class=\"wp-image-213214\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is a crummy picture of Rio Hato airfield. There was a lot of scary open space out there. (photo\/Public domain.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, at nearby Omar Torrijos Airport, the Rangers kicked off the party with fire support from an AC-130U Spectre gunship as well as AH-6 Little Bird attack helicopters. These aerial assets neutralized three .50 caliber machine gun positions as well as a quad barreled 14.5mm ZPU-4 antiaircraft gun. That\u2019s when the Rangers got down to business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-10.25.02%E2%80%AFAM-1024x632.jpg\" alt=\"AC-130U Spectre gunship providing support in Panama invasion\" class=\"wp-image-213212\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I have a friend who called in support from an AC-130U gunship like this one during the invasion of Panama. It was a serious power move. (photo\/Public domain.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-things-get-real-the-omar-torrijos-latrine-fight\">Things Get Real: The Omar Torrijos Latrine Fight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>CQB (Close Quarters Battle) in a confined space looks cool in the movies. In real life, however, it is mostly just pain, blood, chaos, and terror. The defenders have a natural advantage, and the only way to seize an objective is to put friendly meat on the ground and take it.&nbsp;&nbsp;Captain Al Dochnal, commander of C Company, 3 Bn, 75th Ranger Regiment, led his young studs into the main terminal building at Omar Torrijos International Airport, scrapping for a fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dochnal\u2019s Rangers advanced into the terminal building by platoons. Once they forced an entry, the dozen PDF troops tasked with defending the facility inexplicably retreated into the men\u2019s room. This turned out to be a pretty sound idea, at least in the near term. The thick granite stall walls offered decent cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-10.34.02%E2%80%AFAM.jpg\" alt=\"M67 hand grenade used in close quarters during Operation Just Cause\" class=\"wp-image-213217\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The humble hand grenade has soldiered on philosophically unchanged for centuries. There is little better for clearing out a hostile, occupied restroom. (photo\/Public domain.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SGT David Reeves deployed an M67 frag grenade into the john and rushed in as soon as the little bomb went off. One of the PDF shooters, protected from the blast by the aforementioned granite dividers, shot Reeves three times in the chest and once in the head. Two more Rangers then charged into the latrine. PFC William Kelly caught a round to his Kevlar helmet but was unhurt. By now, these young Rangers were pretty energized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SPC Michael Eubanks and PFC Kelly successfully extricated SGT Reeves and dragged him to safety. Realizing that the confines of the terminal bathroom did not much lend themselves to small arms, Kelly and Eubanks filled their BDU pockets with frag grenades and headed into the latrine yet again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was one seriously big restroom. There were ten urinals and ten individual stalls. Kelly and Eubanks began rolling grenades underneath the walls of the stalls, blowing the defenders literally to pieces. Think <em>Saving Private Ryan<\/em> meets <em>Superbad.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panamanian body parts flew wildly about the latrine. All of the mirrors were shattered. Some of the PDF troops inexplicably still had some fight left in them, so Eubanks and Kelly went to town with their handguns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-10.35.50%E2%80%AFAM-1024x350.jpg\" alt=\"M203 grenade launcher used by Rangers at Omar Torrijos Airport\" class=\"wp-image-213218\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">You might think the M203 grenade launcher would be a suboptimal tool for clearing hostiles out of a latrine. Nope. It works just fine. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point, the two opposing sides were close enough to yell at each other. The Panamanians suggested that the Rangers engage in some inappropriate sexual behaviors with their mothers, while the Rangers made a credible argument that Manuel Noriega was a pedophile. By now, SPC Eubanks had retrieved his M203 grenade launcher. When one of the PDF soldiers leaned out of a stall to curse at him, Eubanks shot him in the mouth with a 40mm grenade. That left only three combat effective Panamanians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As SPC Eubanks carefully advanced through all the dust and smoke, a PDF soldier dove out of a stall and threw him into the urinals. His buddy, PFC Kelly, then ran up and shot the PDF pugilist three times in the head. By now, the Ranger reinforcements had arrived in strength. Rangers poured into what was left of the airport washroom and dispatched the last two remaining PDF defenders without difficulty. From start to finish, it had taken five minutes to clear the twelve Panamanian soldiers out of the latrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By now, the objective was secure, but PFC Kelly and SPC Eubanks were in a bit of a state. These two young Rangers had been liberally covered in blood, brains, and gore during their close quarters fight to secure the Omar Torrijos Airfield men\u2019s room. It was another three days before they got the opportunity to change clothes. I suspect they got to eat by themselves quite a bit during that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-aftermath-d-day-success-and-noriega-on-the-run\">Aftermath: D Day Success and Noriega on the Run<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>45 minutes after the Rangers hit Omar Torrijos Airfield, the 82D Airborne began their drop. With the runway, terminal, and tower firmly in American hands, USAF C-141 cargo planes began cycling through with troops, ammunition, and supplies. Things unfolded quickly from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-10.20.16%E2%80%AFAM-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Paratroopers descending during Panama invasion Operation Just Cause\" class=\"wp-image-213209\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The invasion of Panama proved that there is still a place in the modern military pantheon for large scale airborne operations. (photo\/Public domain.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Operation Just Cause was defined by 27 separate initial tactical objectives. US forces accomplished all 27 on D Day, 20 December. Manuel Noriega subsequently went into hiding, eventually taking refuge in the Papal Nunciatura four days later. Think of this as akin to a diplomatic embassy for the Roman Catholic church. American combat troops, as well as Delta Force operators, surrounded the facility to prevent Noriega\u2019s escape. They flew helicopters over the compound at low level at all hours and blasted Van Halen through hastily erected loudspeakers. Ten days later, Noriega surrendered to US forces.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-from-president-to-prisoner\">From President to Prisoner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of his capture, Noriega was said to be wearing some garish red silk underwear. These were supposedly his lucky underpants, intended to protect him from all harm. It seems they were defective. In short order, Noriega found himself in a Miami courtroom answering drug trafficking charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-10.13.19%E2%80%AFAM-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"Manuel Noriega transferred to Miami after capture during Operation Just Cause\" class=\"wp-image-213206\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As soon as Noriega surrendered, he was whisked away to Miami to face American justice. (photo\/Public domain.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The American wheels of justice turn slowly, and the ambiguity of his status as a war criminal, a POW, an acknowledged head of state, or a garden variety drug running thug muddied the waters considerably. Eventually, the lawyers got all that sorted, and Noriega was remanded to federal prison. His status as a POW got him his own cell, his own television, and a decent set of exercise equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ MORE HERE: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/joseph-jumpin-joe-beyrle-american-paratrooper\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"operation-just-cause\" title=\"Operation Just Cause: Fighting to the Death Over an Airport Restroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">D Day and Joseph \u201cJumpin\u2019 Joe\u201d Beyrle: The American Paratrooper who Killed Germans for the Russians<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pineapple-face-finds-jesus\">Pineapple Face Finds Jesus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Noriega was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Once the dust settled, that 40 years condensed down to about 17. During that time, the deposed despot developed a friendship with a pair of evangelical pastors Clift Brannon and Rudy Hernandez. Noriega subsequently converted to Christianity and was baptized. I sincerely hope it took. He completed his American sentence in 2007 and was sent to France to start the process all over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-10.12.08%E2%80%AFAM.jpg\" alt=\"Manuel Noriega in later years after imprisonment\" class=\"wp-image-213207\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Noriega spent the rest of his natural life in prison. (photo\/Public domain.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>France got a shot at him because of some money laundering thing, and Noriega was sentenced to a further seven years in jail. In 2011, the French authorities put Noriega on a plane for his home country of Panama. While in power, Manuel Noriega had done quite a lot of very bad stuff. He was subsequently sentenced to three concurrent 20 year prison sentences by the Panamanian courts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017, while still incarcerated, Noriega underwent surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. The former despot suffered a brain bleed during the procedure and died on May 29, 2017. He was 83. His body was released to his family for burial. Manuel Noriega\u2019s dictatorship died along with him. Let\u2019s hope he\u2019s with Jesus today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-related-reads-from-gunsamerica-digest\">Related Reads from GunsAmerica Digest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/joseph-jumpin-joe-beyrle-american-paratrooper\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"operation-just-cause\" title=\"Operation Just Cause: Fighting to the Death Over an Airport Restroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">D Day and Joseph \u201cJumpin\u2019 Joe\u201d Beyrle: The American Paratrooper who Killed Germans for the Russians<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/history-of-the-m1911-pistol\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"operation-just-cause\" title=\"Operation Just Cause: Fighting to the Death Over an Airport Restroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why the M1911 Still Hits Hard: A Century of .45 ACP<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ac-130-gunship-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"operation-just-cause\" title=\"Operation Just Cause: Fighting to the Death Over an Airport Restroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AC 130: The Flying Artillery That Changes Fights<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All proper soldiers want to come home with a good story. 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