hAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Many moons ago when I talked to him, I mentioned that a mega egomaniac like himself would use his birth years as part of his member's name and he answered with a whole ton of baloney about how he decided on the 47.

Yeah, he's known for that, CT.
Like his stint in "The 3rd Brigade."

No doubt he got the 3rd Brigade out of a paperback.

There were plenty of 3rd Brigades in country, but he failed to mention the 3rd Brigade of what division.

Nat King Cole Lyrics

"Straighten Up And Fly Right"

A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air,
The monkey thought that everything
was on the square.
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey
off his back,
The monkey grabbed his neck and said,
"Now listen, Jack..."

Straighten up and fly right,
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.
Ain't no use in divin',
What's the use in jivin'?
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.

The buzzard told the monkey,
You are chokin' me.
Release your hold and I'll set you free.
The monkey looked the buzzard right
dead in the eye and said,
Your story's so touching, but it sounds
just like a lie.

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.

Ain't no use in divin'
Ain't no good in jivin'
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow - your - top.

Fly right!

Ya know, I was just thinkin'.
At 75 yrs old Stinky's  hip slogans were probably more on the order of:
"Twenty three skidoo!"
"Oh you kid!"
"Swing it, Pops!"
"Hey, Daddy-O!"
"You're my Atomic Passion!"
"I'll kiss ya later, I'm eatin' a potater!"
"See ya later, Alligator!"
"After while, Crocodile!"
"Let's do the Charleston!"