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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: RoadKingLarry on January 22, 2013, 08:09:54 AM
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Another true hero from WWII has left us.
The family of James "Jake" McNiece confirmed his death Monday. He was 93.
McNiece, a retired Ponca City postal worker, commanded a group of men during WWII nicknamed "The Filthy 13." That group served as the inspiration for the movie "The Dirty Dozen."
http://www.newson6.com/story/20640856/oklahoma-inspiration-behind-the-dirty-dozen-dies (http://www.newson6.com/story/20640856/oklahoma-inspiration-behind-the-dirty-dozen-dies)