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Andrew Sage

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

was as the insignia for a unit called the Death's Head Hussars, which was an elite German cavalry unit.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

I mean, I'm sure, I think they did still exist in World War I, but that was well past their prime.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

And it was then adopted by the SS.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

And it was worn by a number, by a lot of guys in the SS, but it was specifically the insignia of a unit called the Totenkopf SS, which existed to guard concentration camps and death camps.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

So having one tattooed on you, bad.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

Yeah, not cool.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

Platner has said, basically, it was a dumb tattoo I got when I was young and just joined in the Marine Corps, and I didn't know what it meant.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

And I am willing to believe that, like, a 19-year-old who joins the Marines would make a bad tattoo decision.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

Yeah.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

Because I have a lot of friends that were in the Marines, and they all have bad tattoos.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

Right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

None of them have death heads.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

Also, he got it while in Croatia, while drunk with other Marines.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

On shore leave, yeah.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

Right.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

And he was hammered.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

And yeah, the probability of walking into a tattoo shop in Croatia and coming out with a Nazi tattoo is extremely high.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

Sure.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

It's not low.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 206

Yeah, yeah.