Rommel, the Bold Swabian

[Actionjick]

Admiral Arleigh Burke. 31 Knot Burke.

No relation. My branch of the Burk clan was not affluent enough to afford the " e ".

He was actually of Swedish extraction. His grandfather changed his name to Burke to sound more American.

His grandfather's name was August Bjorkgren.

 

[Actionjick]

Admiral Arleigh Burke. 31 Knot Burke.

No relation. My branch of the Burk clan was not affluent enough to afford the " e ".

He was actually of Swedish extraction. His grandfather changed his name to Burke to sound more American.
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His grandfather's name was August Bjorkgren.

Lol he liked Burke because he thought that it sounded Irish. This at a time when Irish Americans were not held in high regard.

 

[aiabx]

I've always suspected that the cooler the nickname the enemy has given you, the more likely it was actually made up by your own press agents. Obviously I wasn't there, but whenever I've read memoirs, you read things like "the Germans called us the Bloody Corpse Stabbers because of our sawtooth bayonets", but you hardly ever read "We were facing the 45th Panzer Division, which we called the Grave Fillers because of their ferocious attacks".