[EZC Media] CURRAHEE
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by Bucephalus92
Greetings Bros,
For today's article I will be writing about the RL history of Easy Company, the meaning of the motto, and giving a brief update about whats gone on the last week.
Easy Company was formed as part of the 506th PIR, an experimentsal airborne regiment created in 1942 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. Easy Company soldiers would be expected to parachute from C-47 aircraft over enemy controlled territory, World War II would be the first conflict during which the United States would test this strategy. Easy Company would serve in some of the most important battles and operations of World War II, including D-Day and the battle of the Bulge.
The AIRBORNE ASSAULT into Normandy as part of the D-Day Allied invasion of Europe was the largest use of airborne troops up to that time. Paratroopers of the U.S. 82d and 101st Airborne divisions, the British 6th Airborne Division, the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, and other attached Allied units took part in the assault. As part of the 101st division Easy Company dropped behind German lines and was given the task to and clear any obstacle around "Causeway 2", a pre-selected route off Utah Beach.
Another of Easy Companies more famous engagements was that of the battle of the Bulge, the last major German offensive of the war, during which Allied lines were pushed back in the region of the Ardens forest, making the line look as if it had "bulged". During this time Easy Company was defending Bastogne as part of the 101st Airborne Division and with Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division. By 21 December the Germans had surrounded Bastogne, leaving the soldiers terribly under supplied. They lacked proper winter clothing, ammunition and medicine. Despite this Easy Company and the 101st held the line until reinforcements arrived commanded by general Patton. Despite the hardshiips facing them Easy Company and the allies held firm and Hitlers last gambit to win the war was ultimately crushed.
Which brings me to Currahee, the motto of Easy Company. In Cherokee it is said to mean stand alone, as Easy Company did many times. Under the command of their notoriously strict commander Herbert Sobel Easy Company would make many runs up Currahee mountian, three miles up and three miles down. Due to their intense training Easy Company was regarded as one of the most well trained company's.
So whats happened in the last week?
Well we ended up first in kills and second in damage in the weekly competition, making a grand comeback against the usmil who had a 6k lead late in the week. It was a load of fun and we salute the other military units of the US for helping make it fun with their competition. EZC would also like to recognize the efforts of Zetyro and Trekker Tlumak. The first for providing an astonishing number of kills and damage in the competition, and the second for the competition that he hosted out of his own good will. Below you can see Trekker's post about the competition results in the forum.
Prizes:
1st place: 4 gold and 25 tanks
2nd place: 3 gold and 25 tanks
3rd place: 2 gold and 25 tanks
4th place: 1 gold and 25 tanks
5th place: 25 tanks and a super-duper pat on the back Basketball
I figure it gives you guys a reason to beat up on bad guys a little more. Twisted Evil
Your Captain,
Trekker
Results: Great job yesterday troops! We definitely raised the body count. We had over 6,000 kills and 240 million in damage as a regiment. I am freaking proud of you guys! I issued a challenge and you rose to it. As promised…
Here is the list of kills in order:
DoomsdayStorm 1215
Mitron1 846
Trekker Tlumac 738
Wipsy 385
Predil 376
Vegeterian 341
Jmarsh98 315
Sheppherd 283
RandomJ 274
Stylez of roman 268
Sheri 236
Citizen Field 174
SheHawk 163
LuckyNumber85 146
SempreNox 137
Imperialfez 136
The-Economist 126
Hannibal Norman Bates 75
Ipoop 62
SpongePoP 41
Magnus Maximus 28
Dusty Rhodes 32
James F. Robert 27
DanPMK 25
Salinger 25
The original prizes only covered the top five kills. Turn out for the competition was great though. I know a lot of people used a lot of energy and Epsilon did send over 1000 Q3 to hand out. Well I know it is not much, but I am going to match that donation of food and disperse it. 1-5 kills will get the prizes originally stated. 6-10 will each get 400 Q3 food. I will start sending out the prizes as soon as I posted. Thanks for a great day! celebrate celebrate celebrate
1. DoomsdayStorm 1215
2. Mitron1 846
3. Wipsy 385
4. Predil 376
5. Vegeterian 341
6. Jmarsh98 315
7. Sheppherd 283
8. RandomJ 274
9. Stylez of roman 268
10. Sheri 236
Fighter numbers:
We had a total of 25 fighters,
17 fighters went over 100 kills,
11 went over 230,
7 went over 300,
3 went over 700
and even one went over 1000 kills....
Thats it for now EZC, keep kicking ass and taking names out there
o>
Here are some helpful links for anyone interested in learning more about Easy Company.
egovforyou statistics on EZC
The Easy Company Forum
The Easy Company Wiki
And of course our application link. Easy Company is currently only accepting players that are exceptionally active, all others will be placed on a waiting list.
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CURRAHEE
CURRAHEE
CURRAHEE EZC...miss you guys
CURRAHEE
Nice to learn a bit more about our backgroun. Congratulation to everyone and as I saw my name you have my vote 😉
CURRAHEE
Very good article!
Great article Bucey!
Voted and CURRAHEE!
CURRAHEE!
Great history lesson bud. Always good to learn about the RL counter-part.
And thanks for honoring the 14th in your article. They did a stellar job. 🙂 Not that anyone should expect any less from EZC, the best MU hands down. Couldn't think of a better bunch of warriors. o7
CURRAHEE!
and congrats to everybody involved.
Great article as always, EZC or not.
CURRAHEE!
Excellent article - worth mentioning that a number of COs participated in the early airborne actions in North Africa and Sicily
CURRAHEE
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Currahee!!
I am so proud of you guys.
o7
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CURRAHEE
CURRAHEE
Here it is again, the very point of existance of majority of eamericans: making pointless noises.
This is a very strange post, even for a Serbian troll.
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The way I figure it is: those who cannot create, imitate; those who cannot imitate, troll.... I suspect we know which camp that one is in.
The difference between my comment and most of your comments is that my comment actualy makes sense.
And by the way, you might want to double check what trolling is.
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Yep, still a lot more days to go Trekker.
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I will be honest, I do not get the point of posting a picture of my profile. Is it supposed to be a threatening gesture or something? As far as alluding that I do not know the definition of trolling, I suppose that would depend on which type of trolling you are insinuating. In this instance I do not consider my comment trolling for the simple reason that I was coming to the defense of a friend; your comment cannot make any such claim and appears to simply have been out of the negative void that is your heart. (Of course I do not know that there is a negative void, you likely do have a heart. Perhaps it is just flawed in some manner as so many are.)
But finally, if you are going to try insult, intimidate or what ever your responses were, try to say something that means something. Saying eAmericans pointless noises is much less effective when you speak in half sentences that make little sense. "Yep, still a lot more days to go Trekker"? Is there a meaning there?
That being said... Have a nice day 🙂
@Trekker
I noted that most of comments before mine hasn't got any purpose. Then, i used my previous expirience with other comments on eamerican articles with similar context and formed a generalised constatation.
Read your profile " About me ", and you should understand what i meant. That should also explain why i'm not reacting on your comments about me.
My apologies, I merely thought it was in poor taste to down upon someone's article for no other apparent reason than to cause negative conflict. I sought to return the favor disrespect. It was a failing in my personality to have rushed to that end.
I get it. I am a zombie. And it is something I make no qualms about. lol I had hoped for something a bit more original. And given my prior interactions from the general populace of the party you belong to, I expected something more genuinely menacing. Or at least something more insulting. I judged you by what I saw you write and by the peer-group you come from. I see now it was in no better taste to do so than the point I originally levied against you.
I do not agree with your point about eAmericans, but I do believe you have the eRight to have that opinion. As I have the eRight to state that I disagree with you. I am not saying let's be friends, but I think dropping further discussion would be appropriate.
I don't insult, as that is what someone without facts does. Either that, or someone who gets angry easily, over an online game.
I don't need to come up with something new when i can just use something you provided against you. With that being said, you are not a challange to deal with at all.
The proof of my claim is above my comment. Unless you can proove that "CURRAHEE" means something relevant, or anything at all, you made a mistake in commenting on my claim.
I value truth and evidence, and thankfuly in this game it's very hard to fabricate them.
I wouldn't even consider of "being friends" after what you wrote.
I was trying to be nice. This is a friend's paper and I have already spammed it up enough replying to you.
I never said I wanted to be friends. If you had read it correctly you would have seen that. I'm done here. If you want to troll me elsewhere, bring it on.
You call that "trying to be nice"? Then please don't.
You replyed just so it can be seen you commented, like most of the eamericans do.
I rest my case.
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