Take it like a man. [WWII]

[**The following is in relation to the paratroopers taking part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France.**] >[Taylor](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Maxwell_D_Taylor_official_portrait.jpg) also said that when the [C-47](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain.jpg)s crossed the coastline of France, he wanted every man to stand up; if a trooper got his by flak, he wanted him to be standing and take it like a man. There was a point to the order that went beyond bravado; if a plane got hit the men hooked up and ready to jump would stand some chance of getting out. >Taylor told [Malarkey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Donald_Malarkey_Easy_506PIR.jpg)’s platoon to fight with knives until daylight, “and don’t take any prisoners.” ________________________________ **Source:** Ambrose, Stephen Edward. “Look Out, Hitler! Here We Come!” *Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest*. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004. 64. Print. ________________________________ **Further Reading:** [General Maxwell Davenport "Max" Taylor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_D._Taylor) [Douglas C-47 Skytrain / Dakota](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain) [Technical Sergeant Donald G. Malarkey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Malarkey)