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Old 03-10-2015, 04:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Matt Wiser View Post
The back story of the 13th ACR is that in the Red Dawn storyline, the Hell's Angels offered their services to the U.S. Army, on one condition: that a Regiment be formed from members who were Vietnam Vets. The Army accepted, albeit reluctantly, and the 13th ACR was formed.
Since the regiment is drawn from Hell's Angels its should be called the 81st ACR. 81 is a metonym. It stands for the 8th letter of the alphabet which is an H, and the 1st letter of the alphabet which is an A, HA = Hells Angels.

The regiment's motto would be "Red and White Forever". Red & White is another metonym; Red & White are the colors of the club.
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