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unusual facts about The Veteran



The Boys in Company C

The Boys in Company C is the first in Furie's Vietnam War trilogy, followed by 2001's Under Heavy Fire and 2006's The Veteran, somewhat similar to Oliver Stone and his Vietnam War trilogy with 1986's Platoon, 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth.


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1. FC Köln

The club's nickname Die Geißböcke ("The Billy Goats") refers to the club's mascot, a male goat named Hennes after the veteran FC player and (later) manager Hennes Weisweiler.

Alexander Waverly

Mr. Waverly is the head of the U.N.C.L.E. organisation and was played by the veteran English actor Leo G. Carroll.

Bhartendu Academy of Dramatic Arts

BNA was founded on 2 July 1975 under the auspices of Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy (Government of Uttar Pradesh) and by the sheer effort of the Veteran Theatre Personality Padma Shri Raj Bisaria.

Billie Godfrey

She is the current principal female vocalist of the veteran British synthpop group, Heaven 17.

Earl Battey

Realizing they had a logjam at catcher with the veteran, and still productive, Lollar, the impressive rookie Romano, and the still-valuable-as-a-defensive-backup Battey, White Sox owner and general manager Bill Veeck would solve his problem in two deals that would show immediate dividends for the White Sox, but would be long term disasters.

Emilius R. Ciampa

He also completed numerous life-size portraits in bronze, granite, or marble, such as the statue of Tobin near the Hatch Shell, as well as numerous plaques which can be found throughout Boston, including the Boston University Bridge Plaque, the Veteran’s Memorial in the State House, the Amelia Earhardt memorial on the Mystic River Dam, the plaque for the Paul Revere Mall, and the Arthur Feidler plaque at the Arthur Fiedler Bridge (all in the greater Boston area).

Eric Menk

While Menk was named as the Best Player of the Conference, the Rhum Masters were upset by the veteran-laiden Formula Shell Zoom Masters of eventual-MVP Benjie Paras.

EuroSpeedway Lausitz

The official EuroSpeedway anthem "Speed Kings" was recorded by the veteran East German band Puhdys in 2000.

Fashion Careers College

FCC is recognized as an eligible educational institution by the United States Department of Education, United States Department of Homeland Security's United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Social Security Administration, State Department of Administration, State Department of Rehabilitation, The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and the Veteran’s Administration Agency.

Filip Hološko

At the mid of 2007/08 season, he was transferred to Beşiktaş in exchange of the forward Burak Yılmaz (a promising youngster at the time) along with the veteran defender Koray Avcı plus a considerable sum of 5 million €.

François Rousseau

On October 5, 2012 L'Express.FR and a top Parisian writer Isabelle Aithnard compared Têtu 2013 Calendar by Lope Navo to the longest running Les Dieux du Stade by the veteran French photographer François Rousseau's 2013 Calendar.

Frank T. Hines

Hines served as the administrator of the Veterans Bureau from his appointment by President Harding in 1923 to 1930, then as the first administrator of its successor, the Veteran's Administration, from 1930 to 1945, when President Truman replaced him with Gen. Omar Bradley.

Graham Yallop

These were desperate times, but most observers thought veteran John Inverarity (who was not of test class as a player) would have been a more astute choice once the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) decided that the veteran incumbent Bobby Simpson could not be guaranteed the captaincy for the season.

His Name Is... Savage

Created by the veteran American comic book artist Gil Kane, who conceived, plotted and illustrated the project, and writer Archie Goodwin, who scripted under the pseudonym Robert Franklin, the black-and-white magazine was published by Kane's Adventure House Press, and distributed to newsstands.

History of the Boston Celtics

Ainge also added the veteran Brian Scalabrine, signing Scalabrine to a 5-year/$15 million contract.

Ian Bousfield

In 1988 at the age of 24, Bousfield was appointed principal trombonist of the London Symphony Orchestra, taking over from the veteran Denis Wick.

James Yap

In 2001, he played for the ICTSI-La Salle Archers forming a backcourt tandem with Mike Cortez that almost had their team beating the veteran-laden Shark Energy Drink in the finals.

Jennifer Şebnem Schaefer

She also starred in two films which were box-office hits across Turkey, namely "O şimdi asker (He is in the army now)" directed by Mustafa Altıoklar, and "Dünyayı Kurtaran Adamın oğlu (Son of the man who saves the world)", a technically slightly more sophisticated sequel to the cult science-fiction movie, which was directed by the veteran actor-director Kartal Tibet.

Jibon Niye Khela

The film casts the veteran Ranjit Mullick in the lead role with Biplab Chatterjee, Manoj Mitra, Debasree Roy, Subhendu Chatterjee, Chumki Chowdhury, Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Arjun Chakraborty, Lokesh Ghosh and others.

Jonathan Arrellano

In October 2010, Arellano beat the veteran Abel Gomez at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California.

Junmar Fajardo

Fajardo carried his team against Rain or Shine, scoring a career 26 points in Game 2, outplaying the veteran big men of Rain or Shine's Beau Belga and JR Quinahan.

Lagumot Harris

Much of Lagumot Harris's active involvement in political leadership revolved around troubled issues surrounding the veteran Nauruan politician, Bernard Dowiyogo, who served as President of Nauru seven times.

Laurie Aarons

The period during and after World War II saw the CPA at the peak of its strength and influence, with about 10,000 members, under the veteran party leader Lance Sharkey, who had been installed by the Comintern in 1930.

Léo Santa Cruz

On October 21, 2010 Santa Cruz beat the veteran James Owens at the Martin's Valley Mansion in Cockeysville, Maryland.

Leslie Osterman

Having switched parties, new Republican Osterman in 2010 unseated the veteran Democratic Representative Dale Swenson, 2,341 (53.8 percent) to 2,007 (46.2 percent).

Lord of Francis

The first Baron of Francis was the veteran soldier and Clan Buchanan member Kenneth Gibson who was handed over the Francis Fort and its surrounding territories close to Loch Linnhe in 1603 by the local authorities.

Margaret Talbot

She is also the daughter of the veteran Warner Bros. actor Lyle Talbot, whom she profiled in an October 2012 The New Yorker article and in her book The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Father's Twentieth Century (Riverhead Books, 2012).

Mary Maurice

She, Russell Bassett, Sarah Bernhardt, W. Chrystie Miller, Ruby Lafayette, Kate Meek(b. 1838), the veteran character actor Matt B. Snyder and Harold Lloyd regular Anna Townsend were the eight oldest people working in film during the 1910s.

Maulana Mazharul Haque Arabic and Persian University

The University is named after the veteran freedom fighter Maulana Mazharul Haque.

Mountain Home National Cemetery

The cemetery features over 12,000 graves highlighted by a monument to Congressman Walter Preston Brownlow, who petitioned the government and worked tirelessly to have the veteran's center created.

Naval Training Center Orlando

NAVHOSP Orlando was transferred to the Veteran's Administration as an outpatient clinic and most of SERVSCOLSCOM Orlando's complex was transferred to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, while NAWCTSD continues to operate to this day at the separate Naval Support Activity Orlando installation to the east in the Central Florida Research Park.

No Berlusconi Day

Many others contributions followed until 18:30, when the veteran songwriter Roberto Vecchioni buckled the day with a 30' concert.

Ralph Boston

At 29 the veteran won a bronze medal, finishing third behind Beamon and Klaus Beer, completing his set of medals.

Ricky Concha

In October 2010, Concha beat the veteran Jorge Cordova, the bout was held at the Polifuncional in Kanasin, Yucatán, Mexico.

Robert Archibald Armstrong

Lord Derby advised her majesty to cheer the last days of the veteran scholar by a grant of £100 from the Royal Bounty Fund; and in 1869 Queen Victoria, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Gladstone, granted an annual pension of £50 to his widow.

Robert Manzanarez

On August 27, 2011 Manzanárez knocked out the veteran Édgar Martínez at the Centro de Espectaculos de la Feria de León in León, Guanajuato, Mexico.

Ronny Rios

On February 4, 2012 Ronny knocked out the veteran Jeremy McLaurin at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim, California.

Sarpotdar

The recent well-known personalities from Sarpotdars are the veteran historian and Ex-Vice-Chancellor of University of Pune 'Padmabhushan' Mahamahopadhyaya Datto Vaman Potdar and Ex Parliamentary Leader of ‘Shivsena’ Madhukar Sarpotdar.

Savitha Sastry

All her productions have been based on short stories by her husband AK Srikanth, and the soundtrack for the productions have been composed by Rajkumar Bharathi, the great grandson of the veteran poet Subramania Bharathi.

St. Thomas College, Kozhencherry

Yuhanon Mar Thoma Metropolitan and K.T.Thomas, Kurumthottickal, the Veteran Minister of the Parish of Kozhencherry were involved in founding the college.

Tam Dalyell of the Binns

The Dalyell baronetage today is represented by Tam Dalyell a.k.a. Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 11th Baronet, the veteran British politician.

The Cedar Tree

Two established cast members were the veteran actress Joyce Carey and Susan Skipper, who played one of the Bourne family's daughters.

The Film Music Society

Responding to what was dubbed the "M-G-M Holocaust" by film historians, the veteran film and TV composer Fred Steiner formed a small watchdog group in the 1970s that included himself, his film composer colleague David Raksin, and music librarian Jon Newsom of the Library of Congress Music Division.

Veteran identification card

The VIC will only display the Veteran's name, picture, and special eligibility indicators - Service Connected, Purple Heart and Former POW, if applicable, on the front of the card.

Woh Saat Din

It is a remake of the 1981 Tamil film Antha Ezhu Naatkal, which was written and directed by the veteran filmmaker K. Bhagyaraj.

Ziss Modell

Except for Cursor Models which were made for the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart, and some Gama veteran cars, Ziss seems to be the only other German manufacturer dedicated to making models from the veteran era.