He was rejected by every branch of the military during World War II, but due to his rather intense patriotic attitude, he decided to teach himself how to use weapons, bought a plane ticket to Europe, killed a bunch of Nazis, and awarded himself with medals that he designed on his own. As it turns out, he’s not actually a real soldier. His backstory, which was hinted at in the comics, just made me love the crazy guy even more. This is made even clearer in the Meet the Soldier video, where he lectures a bunch of decapitated heads about Sun Tzu, while somehow getting him mixed up with Noah. He likes to shout “maggots!” and refer to his teammates as “ladies,” but many of his spoken responses reveal that he’s not quite the smartest cookie (“Ich bin I just kicked your ass!”) and he might actually be slightly unhinged (“I am going to enjoy killing each and every one of you sorry sacks of scum!”). While he is obnoxiously patriotic and aggressive, it becomes quite clear that he’s meant to be a satirical twist on those types of macho military men.
I also quickly learned that I had seriously misjudged his character.
