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Waugh and Hemingway and “Beat-up Old Bastards”

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

An article in The Huffington Post earlier this week discusses Ernest Hemingway’s claims to have killed 122 “Krauts” during WWII and compares that claim with those of Chris Kyle (subject of the autobiography and film American Sniper) to have killed 160 enemy … Continue reading →

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