The Iraqis call the Americans "jews"
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They also thought that Oakleys gave US soldiers X-ray vision.
A fun one I remember from a Coworker who was in the 1st ID was that when they were first deployed, somehow a rumor got started among the enemy that anyone wearing a "Bloody One" was a killer, and the patch was a mark of their kill. So his commanding officer decided to run with that. Anyone who came into theater fresh off the plane was either given a grey patch or an alternative insignia. Any time there was a firefight with a reported KIA, someone got a patch. Patches would keep being given out the more fights they were in. They had this absolute mountain of a man who was their machine gunner, and he had well over a dozen patches.
For a while, it did actually result in a noticeable drop in enemy activity in their sector, because they didnt want to fight the "Bloody Killers".
Yeah, once you have a good gunner, you don't ever let anyone else try to take him from that job. They're too invaluable. Problem is you still gotta have others train to do it.
Artillery might be a great weapon, but fear is always the strongest.