How One Soldier Used Beer to Fight Off 6,000 Enemy Troops

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How One Soldier Used Beer to Fight Off 6,000 Enemy Troops

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Private William Speakman, a British soldier, fought off waves of Chinese soldiers using rocks and beer bottles during the Korean War. Story here: How One Soldier Used Beer to Fight Off 6,000 Enemy Troops
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Re: How One Soldier Used Beer to Fight Off 6,000 Enemy Troop

#2 Post by temperflash »

While awaiting the Chinese attack they emptied those beer bottles as fast as they could.
In the words of Homer Simpson "Beer, is there nothing it can't do".
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