Code Name: Bazooka Missile Specialist File Name: Katzenbogen, David L. SN: 112-40-0577 Primary Military Specialty: Armor Defeating Weapons Systems Secondary Military Specialty: Tank Driver Birthplace: Hibbing, Minnesota Grade: E-5 -------------------- Bazooka was driving an Abrans tank in the "Third Horde" (Third Armored Division) when he came to the realization that an illiterate farmer armed with a $200 disposable rocket launcher could knock out a million dollar tank with less than two weeks training. He put in for a transfer immediately. Since his time with the Joes, Bazooka has become a true specialist in the use of tactical assault missiles; he can fire a surface-to-surface missile at a T-52 tank positioned over 2 miles away and blow off its gun barrel cleaner than knife through butter! Bazooka has been all over the world with the G.I. Joe team fighting against Cobra forces. This extensive traveling often makes Bazooka homesick and long for his favorite hobby: fishing. Whenever he has to fight, the memory of home sends him raging into battle.....and that's no fish story because he is DEFINITELY one angry dude you want on your side when the action heats up. Some soldiers fight for freedom, honor, or patriotism; Bazooka fights for a chance to go home. -------------------- Training: Advanced Infantry School, Fort Benning; Armor School, Fort Knox; Wildman Fishing & Hunting Academy, Minnesota. Qualified Expert: Dragon Anti-Tank Missile, Milan System, LAW rocket and LAW Systems, Recoil-less Rifle, Colt .45 pistol, all Warsaw Pact RPG systems. Also EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) qualified up to the tac-op category. -------------------- Submitted by: Skoog, Tormod S. "Bazooka can tell you everything you need to know about missile attack systems...and then some! He'd talk your ear off if he wasn't always on the missile range target shooting. He never lets his missile launcher out of his sight, even when he goes for a joy ride in the Shark through Cobra infested waters. He really lives by the words 'Be prepared for anything.' "   Submitted by: Pine, Albert M. "To call Bazooka 'simple' would be an understatement; jokes go way over his head, he looks forward to Saturday morning cartoons, and he talks about home like it is his personal mecca. Rumor has it that his old football coach felt sorry for the kid and pulled some strings to get Bazooka into the military. In spite of this, Bazooka is still the type of guy you want to go into battle with---he is a decisive fast-thinker in the field with all the instincts of a natural survivor. These are things that no amount of military briefing can teach a guy."