01-10-2008, 07:11 PM
Without jumping on Google, I believe that was John Paul Jones; torpedoes being the common day term for naval mines at the time. The 90th infantry division was a guard unit out of Texas and Oklahoma. They were the "Tough Hombres" for T and O of their respective states (at least the 'O' sound in the case of "hombre".) I first heard of them in a WWII magazine article detailing who a handful of fallhirmjager troops kicked their behinds in the fight for the bocage.
I see know that I was all screwed up with your quote. The actual individual for whom that quote was attributed was David Glasgow Farragut.