What's your favorite General Officer nickname?

[patches]

Patrick Cassidy or as he was Nicknamed " Hopalong Cassidy"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_F._Cassidy

 

Cassidy when he was a Lt Col and C.O. 1st Bn 502nd PIR 101st Abn Div in WWII.

[patches]

On 11/19/2023 at 12:17 AM, patches said:

Patrick Cassidy or as he was Nicknamed " Hopalong Cassidy"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_F._Cassidy

 

Cassidy when he was a Lt Col and C.O. 1st Bn 502nd PIR 101st Abn Div in WWII.

We're all familiar with that Iconic photo of Maxwell Taylor throwing a Salute in the door of the Transport as he's about to fly off on Operation Market Garden right, so I was surprised to see that there's another one taken at the same time, the very first time we're seeing it, Here Patrick Cassidy standing behind Taylor peeking out the door LOL.

[mikie]

Navy Captain and Gemini and Apollo 8 and 13 astronaut James Lovell. He was probably as  steady a pilot as there ever was. So of course, fellow astronaut Pete Conrad gave him the nickname “Shaky”.