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** The Creek Indians (whom he slaughtered) called him ''Jacksa Chuya Haryo'', "Jackson, Old and Fierce". And this was ''fifteen years'' before he became President. |
** The Creek Indians (whom he slaughtered) called him ''Jacksa Chuya Haryo'', "Jackson, Old and Fierce". And this was ''fifteen years'' before he became President. |
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** [[Zachary Taylor]], President twenty years after Jackson, was also renowned for his military prowess, and was nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready". Ironically, he died not much more than a year into his term. |
** [[Zachary Taylor]], President twenty years after Jackson, was also renowned for his military prowess, and was nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready". Ironically, he died not much more than a year into his term. |
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* The Iroquois indians' nickname for [[George Washington]] was [[wikipedia:Town Destroyer|Town Destroyer]]. |
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* The Southern Paiute indians' nickname for John Wesley Powell (Civil War veteran and geographer, who mapped most of the Colorado River valley) was 'Chief Arm Off', in reference to the arm he had previously lost in the American Civil War. |
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* Carlos Hathcock, legendary American sniper of the Vietnam War, best known for performing a real life example of a [[Scope Snipe]]. Known amongst the Viet Cong and N.V.A. as Lông Tr?ng, "White Feather", due to the white feather he kept in a band on his bush hat. |
* Carlos Hathcock, legendary American sniper of the Vietnam War, best known for performing a real life example of a [[Scope Snipe]]. Known amongst the Viet Cong and N.V.A. as Lông Tr?ng, "White Feather", due to the white feather he kept in a band on his bush hat. |
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* Another Vietnam War example, the entire Australian SASR were known to the Viet Cong as "The Phantoms of The Jungle" due to them using the same guerrilla tactics as the Viet Cong, as well as achieving an average kill ratio of 500 to 1. |
* Another Vietnam War example, the entire Australian SASR were known to the Viet Cong as "The Phantoms of The Jungle" due to them using the same guerrilla tactics as the Viet Cong, as well as achieving an average kill ratio of 500 to 1. |
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