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''"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. "

"Dad swung the belt-guy around and HE got sliced, then got him with the flame-thrower," Jake continued. "Now, here's where it gets weird - because Dad swore he didn't remember any of this - but the guys in Dad's unit suddenly see the jungle where the shooters are just explode into flames like a Roman candle! The Japanese soldiers just start throwing their guns down and running - in total fear of something coming behind them… and that's when they see Dad charging after the soldiers, literally foaming at the mouth and yelling incoherently at the top of his voice! He actually ran through the flames, with the flame-thrower in one hand, the sword in the other - and the belt still tight around his neck, looking for all the world like a broken leash!"

"That would scare anybody."