Warrior Ways: Explorations in Modern Military Folklore

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Warrior Ways Warrior Ways Explorations in Modern Military Folklore Edited by Eric A. Eliason and Tad Tuleja Utah State University Press ❖ Logan © 2012 by the University Press of Colorado Published by Utah State University Press An imprint of University Press of Colorado 5589 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 206C Boulder, Colorado 80303 The University Press of Colorado is a proud member of The Association of American University Presses. The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State University, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Regis University, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, Utah State University, and Western State Colorado University. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Cover design by Dan Miller ISBN: 978-0-87421-903-6 (paper) ISBN: 978-0-87421-904-3 (e-book) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Warrior ways : explorations in modern military folklore / edited by Eric A. Eliason and Tad Tuleja. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-87421-903-6 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-0-87421-904-3 (e-book) 1. Soldiers—Folklore. 2. Armed Forces—Folklore. 3. Military art and science—Folklore. I. Tuleja, Tad, 1944- II. Eliason, Eric A. (Eric Alden), 1967GR517 .W37 2012 398.276—dc23 2012033615 For our fathers Colonel C. Daniel Eliason United States Air Force, Retired (Vietnam 1970) Captain Thaddeus V. Tuleja (1917–2001) United States Navy (World War II) ...