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The [["Mad Dog" Morgendorffer|father]] of [[Jake Morgendorffer]] in [[Brother Grimace]]'s lexicon of stories,
In "[[It's All About Respect]]," Jake tells [[Lauriel de la Ribas]] the story about how his father got his nickname:
''"Dad enlisted in the Marines in 1944, just after he turned sixteen - he was already six-foot-four and built like a bulldozer," Jake told her. "He lied about his age, of course, and they sent him to the South Pacific with a flame-thrower and an attitude. He got the name 'Mad Dog' because - well, one time, his unit was pinned down by heavy fire coming out of a dense area of the jungle, so he managed to sneak out of the ambush. The others in his unit thought he was a coward and ran away, but he was moving around and through the jungle growth so he could come up from behind. "''
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''"Chewing gum and duct tape. They gave him the Medal of Honor three weeks later," Jake said. "The nickname 'Mad Dog' stuck almost immediately… and then they stuck him behind a desk for the next three years - except for promotional tours.''
In "[[The One Day We Forget]]," it is shown that Jake has found some small measure of forgiveness for his father, as he takes a young [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]] with him to a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National
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