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Why did he paint a red cross on his chest?


He gave some explanation, but I missed it

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From what I remember, he says something about being an avenging angel.

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He is crusading. He is also nuts.

"Chicken soup - with a *beep* straw."

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It's part of the joke. It's a corporal joke private!

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There were apparently few corporals in the US army during the Vietnam War, so few in fact that some of those who were corporals encountered soldiers who assumed they had been sergeants who were demoted a rank for some misdemeanour.

"Chicken soup - with a *beep* straw."

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So much for US Army recruitment background checks?

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