Jeez- How Tough Can You Get?

In Battle for the Aleutians, 1942 and 1943: the Japanese occupy the remote Alaska islands of Attu and Kiska.

Alaska Native and Sourdough Army Scouts in the Aleutians: Bad Whiskey Red, Aleut Pete and Waterbucket Ben. Castner's Cutthroats. These were of course, the only land battles on the U.S. soil during the war, and these guys , with minimal training and discipline, were sometimes living for months on Japanese held islands.

They were also responsible for one of my favorite genius emergency engineering feats- building an airfield by draining a lagoon- in 10 days.

As for tough-guy names, usually "Whiskey Red" is tough. But "Bad Whiskey Red?"

Now where is my latte and croissant?