How Tootsie Rolls Saved Troops

Name: How Tootsie Rolls Saved Troops
Uploaded: 2016-03-09
Duration: 2 min 51 s
Description: Apparently, US troops sometimes use "Tootsie Roll" as code for mortar ammunition. At the Battle of Chosin during the Korean War, that code led to a darkly

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Apparently, US troops sometimes use “Tootsie Roll” as code for mortar ammunition. At the Battle of Chosin during the Korean War, that code led to a darkly comedic mix-up that ended up being a serendipitous mistake.