Fallen Comrades facts
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In 2007, British marines conducted a rescue mission for a fallen comrade by strapping themselves onto the wings of an Apache helicopter (in front of the rocket pods) which then flew into a compound they just raided
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The exercise called a "deadlift" refers to solldiers in ancient Rome lifting their fallen comrades into wagons.
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7500 men defended the peak of Shipka against 38000 ottomans. Near the end having run out of ammunition, they threw rocks and bodies of fallen comrades to repulse the Ottoman attacks.
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Ranchers put boots on fenceposts to honor the passing of a beloved horse, a hired hand or fallen comrade.
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Four Royal Marines strapped themselves to an Apache Helicopter to retrieve a fallen comrade in hostile territory.
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The eulogy Bill Murray's character delivers over a fallen comrade (played by brother Brian-Doyle Murray) in "The Razor's Edge" was taken from words he spoke over John Belushi's grave
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A number of firemen left their wives for the widows of fallen comrades (aka Florence Nightingale Effect, where a caregiver develops romantic feelings, sexual feelings, or both for their caree)
