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re: Fun Fact: Alabama football's worst loss EVER?
Posted on 10/21/16 at 10:23 am to viceman
Posted on 10/21/16 at 10:23 am to viceman
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Bryant then served off North Africa, seeing no combat action. However, his ship, the converted liner USAT Uruguay, was rammed by an oil tanker near Bermuda and ordered to be abandoned. Bryant disobeyed the order, saving the lives of his men.[5] Allen Barra claims that two hundred others died in the collision
Brings to perspective all those fans who want to call a war hero a "cheating drunk", huh?
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Posted on 10/21/16 at 10:56 am to skrayper
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Brings to perspective all those fans who want to call a war hero a "cheating drunk", huh?
I intend to look for more information on Bryant's service record. I think I will start with Allen Bara's book, and see if anything else is documented on this.
Posted on 10/21/16 at 11:25 am to skrayper
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Brings to perspective all those fans who want to call a war hero a "cheating drunk", huh?
I did find the rest of the story from the reference.
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Bryant disobeyed the order, saving the lives of his men. Two hundred others died. He was later granted an honorable discharge to train recruits and coach the North Carolina Navy Pre-Flight football team. One of the players he coached for the Navy was the future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Otto Graham. While in the Navy, Bryant attained the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
It turns out that the US Navy felt that the best way for Bryant to serve his country was to coach football.
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