Lest you might think that we may have forgotten, let me be sure to wish you all a Happy Star Wars Day… May 4th, or May, the fourth has become a bit of an unofficial international “holiday.” Some of you Star Wars fans out there may realize that there our troop shares a little something in common with the Star Wars franchise… Our unit number, that is, 501. Now, this happens to be purely coincidental, but is interesting, nonetheless… Their uniforms, as you can see in the picture to the right, are just a tad different than our own.
From Wookiepedia:
The 501st Legion, also known as the 501 or 501st Battalion during the Clone Wars and later known as “Vader’s Fist” and the Five Hundred and First, was an elite unit of clone troopers commissioned by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine during the Clone Wars that later became a stormtrooper unit. Made up of units like Torrent Company, the 501st fought in many battles, such as the Battle of Teth and the Battle of Coruscant, becoming one of the most well-known legions. In 19 BBY, the 501st became Darth Vader’s personal unit as he led them during Operation: Knightfall, in which the clones helped take down the Jedi, whom they believed to be traitors to the Republic.
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