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TIL that the inspiration for the 1965 book and 1967 film The Dirty Dozen was the 1st Demolition Section of the Regimental Headquarters Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, of the United States Army aka the Filthy Thirteen.

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