[ACE] Ace squad
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Created: 2014-04-09
Rank
25
Score
553,291
Skill
626
K/D
1.120
Time
396h 12m
Ace of Spades in War
Ever wonder how the Ace of Spades made it's way into Vietnam war folklore? Well, according to legend (and the Bicycle playing card website, it all started in 1966, when two crafty lieutenants of Company "C," Second Battalion, 35th Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, wrote the United States Playing Card company and asked for decks containing nothing but the Ace of Spades. The plan was to use them for psychological warfare. The Viet Cong were very superstitious and highly frightened by this small square of cardboard.
Their superstition has it's root in the French occupation of Indo-China, when French used cards for fortune telling. In this system, the Spades predicted death and suffering. USPC shipped thousands of the requested decks gratis to our troops in Vietnam. These decks were housed in plain white boxes, inscribed "Bicycle® Secret Weapon." The cards were deliberately scattered in the jungle and in hostile villages during raids. The very sight of the Bicycle® Ace card was said to cause many Viet Cong to flee.
Most recently, the Ace of Spades was used in the Iraq "most wanted" playing cards, featuring the faces of the top war criminals. Saddam Hussein took the Ace, appearing on that card.
Ever wonder how the Ace of Spades made it's way into Vietnam war folklore? Well, according to legend (and the Bicycle playing card website, it all started in 1966, when two crafty lieutenants of Company "C," Second Battalion, 35th Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, wrote the United States Playing Card company and asked for decks containing nothing but the Ace of Spades. The plan was to use them for psychological warfare. The Viet Cong were very superstitious and highly frightened by this small square of cardboard.
Their superstition has it's root in the French occupation of Indo-China, when French used cards for fortune telling. In this system, the Spades predicted death and suffering. USPC shipped thousands of the requested decks gratis to our troops in Vietnam. These decks were housed in plain white boxes, inscribed "Bicycle® Secret Weapon." The cards were deliberately scattered in the jungle and in hostile villages during raids. The very sight of the Bicycle® Ace card was said to cause many Viet Cong to flee.
Most recently, the Ace of Spades was used in the Iraq "most wanted" playing cards, featuring the faces of the top war criminals. Saddam Hussein took the Ace, appearing on that card.