Quote Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR View Post
Sounds like a fable to me.
Indeed. I've read this comment before in the Company of Military Historian's series on American military uniforms, and thought it was a bit of a chestnut then.

Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper View Post
You think they could have a better "show of defiance" than turning their flashes 30 degrees outward...
Personally, I've never understood their need to show "defiance" against an ally and friend. Perhaps they should read the regimental history of the Black Watch, which has this to say about the American Revolution:

We can boast no Battle Honours for our part in the American War of Independance,
because it was rightly decreed that Battle Honours should not be granted for a war with our kith and kin.*

*Emphasis mine.

Regards,

Todd