Reflecting on my own years in the 75th Ranger regiment, at a moment when the war you'll find yourself immersed in was just beginning, I've tried to jot down a few of the things they don't tell you at the recruiting office or in the pro-military Hollywood movies that may have influenced your decision to join.
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However, in 1930 an adulterated version of the spice caused thousands (if not millions) of cases of paralysis. The term jake leg, eg, came to mean the hobbling walk of someone who had been injured by the product. Obviously, any use of jake to mean excellent would have been tossed out the window. It may have snuck back over the years, but is not a popular term.