Harry A . " Paddy " Flint Colonel Harry Albert " Paddy " Flint ( February 12 , 1888 - July 24 , 1944 ) was an officer of the United States Army during World War II . Although at 56 years of age he was considerably older than was generally acceptable for field - grade front - line infantry officers , he is most known for leading the 39th Infantry Regiment from its service in Sicily until he was mortally wounded six weeks after D - Day . AAA - 0 . The 39th Infantry regiment ' s slogan , " Anything , Anytime , Anywhere - Bar Nothing " , also known as the Triple - A Bar Nothing slogan , was given to the regiment by Colonel Flint . This slogan , in which the regiment took great pride , was displayed on their helmets and vehicles , even in combat . Using such readily identifiable markings was against orders , as they could give the enemy valuable intelligence as to the units and leaders they faced in battle , but Flint disregarded the risk , declaring , " The enemy who sees our regiment in combat , if they live through the battle , will know to run the next time they see us coming . " When Flint received command of the regiment it was somewhat of a lackluster outfit , but his enthusiasm and this slogan helped to turn it into an effective fighting unit . The AAA - 0 slogan also showed up in a strange stamp cancellation that had some people wondering what on earth it meant . Apparently , Paddy ' s 39th Infantry had so impressed the German Army that they used the unit ' s slogan / logo on a pseudo - cancellation on a propaganda postage stamp . An article by Jerry Jensen , " A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words " , explains the story . Combat Service . Flint joined the 39th Infantry Regiment in Sicily , and his assignment to this unit was apparently because it was thought that his great energy would improve the performance of what to this time had been a mediocre unit . In the event this proved correct , and the 39th evolved into an exemplary combat formation . Flint ' s age would normally have kept him in a staff position in a support role , but soldier ' s talk in the 39th was that he had prevailed upon General Dwight D . Eisenhower , who had been a plebe ( or freshman ) at West Point when Colonel Flint was a first - classman , for an infantry assignment at the front . An old cavalryman , Flint considered that France , was his " graduation exercise " as an infantry soldier . He gained some notoriety in the Allied command for his activity , with Patton commenting at one point that " Paddy Flint is clearly nuts , but he fights well . " In a letter to his wife , Beatrice , written on June 17 , 1944 , Patton wrote , prophetically : " Paddy is in and took a town . He expects to be killed and probably will be . " Death and Burial . During the Normandy invasion , while advancing on the Saint - Lô - Périers road , Paddy ' s outfit was held up by heavy mortar fire . Leading from his customary place on the front , the Colonel and a rifle patrol soon found the trouble . Colonel Flint reported by radio over the walkie - talkie : " Have spotted pillbox . Will start them cooking . " He called for a tank , and rode atop it in a rain of fire as it sprayed the hedgerows . During the attack , the tank driver was wounded , stopping it , whereupon Paddy crawled down , and went forward on foot with his men . As he led the patrol into the shelter of a farmhouse he was hit by a sniper ' s bullet . Aid men soon came up , loaded the Colonel on a stretcher , and as they started for the rear , one of men told him : " Remember , Paddy , you can ' t kill an Irishman - - you can only make him mad . " Colonel Flint smiled . On the next day , 24 July 1944 , he died of his wounds . Colonel Flint is buried at Section 2 , Site 310 at the Arlington National Cemetery .