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 NAME: Eric Gideon
a.k.a FlyMolo
DATE OF BIRTH: January 27, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH: Spokane
COUNTRY: U.S.S.R.
CURRENT RANK: Private First Class
HEIGHT / WEIGHT: HEIGHT: 5' 4"
WEIGHT: 125 lbs.
BACKGROUND
Enlisted in GDS elite troops in 1938.
1934-1937 Not yet in GDS. Was potato farmer south of Moscow. Made vodka from his own potatoes to use as cheap, somewhat-reliable tractor fuel.
1938 Enlisted at the local Moscow enlistment office. Promptly assigned to Guards Infantry. Reason not sent to Officer Training:  showed signs of initiative and intelligence.
1938 Was moved at random to various spots around the U.S.S.R., including the balmy locales of Siberia and Vladivostok.
1939 Continued his exciting and temperate tour of duty with training exercises in airborne operations under extreme conditions.
1940 Ordered to Moscow; served on Stalin's personal guard until he dropped his rifle while on parade: was promptly relocated to Finland.  Had exemplary tour of duty. During the last week of his tour, he was caught in a firefight and was run over by a Finnish ski trooper who was skiing downhill at a very high speed. He shot the offending Finn and was laid up in field hospital for four weeks afterward.
MILITARY RECORD
-------- Operation Vistula
  Began operation on the wrong note.  Parachuted in and landed, with his entire squad, a full ten miles away from the drop zone.  Many colorful words were directed towards the pilot of their drop plane.  Squad made its way back to friendly lines and was promptly sent back to the front to hold an indefensible position.  Their position was overrun but not before he was able to nail the German Leftenant directing the assault.  His squad reformed and massacred the leaderless German troops.  Leading the killboard was Gideon, with a claimed 25 kills. With the relief of the position by another squad, his squad was sent on leave.
-------- Incursion at Stalingrad
  He only played a minor role during the Battle of Stalingrad.  While signalling through a third-story window to Master Sargeant Saunders that he wanted to trade cigarettes for extra hand grenades, he accidentally dropped a hand grenade out of the window.  As it fell, the pin caught on a piece of brick, thus arming the grenade.  A KoenigsTiger convienently roared below with perfect timing.  The grenade dropped through the open cupola  and into the tank, exploding as it hit the floor.  The explosion cooked off the fuel and ammo stored in the tank, thus turning the whole mess into a blazing pile.
   
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