US Military (1940's)

The **US Military** during the 1940s appears in *Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2*, appearing as a central faction, both as supporting allies and major antagonists.

Serving their country in its time of need, the routine of most infantrymen tends to be rather monotonous, mostly patrolling and guarding outposts. This quickly changes when they attempt to charge enemy lines, though it isn't the epic action-packed one-sided battle most had imagined, often becoming a bloodbath for most of the Allied troops, who quickly falter to the ear-shattering artillery barrages and the nests of heavy machines guns.

Most of them are in Europe, fighting the fascist regimes posing a threat to world peace, while a few of them remain in America, defending important government facilities and locations of interests, among them the Thugtown Quarantine Zone. They guard and maintain the wall that has been built around Thugtown since the Thugtown Incident.

## Story

Following the breach in quarantine of the Thugtown outbreak in 1928 in late March, it was found that the gassing and bombing had little to no effect on the infected population. Following this, a massive wall was erected around the city by the government to keep the remaining zombies in the ruins of the destroyed town. The Army is now stationed within the walls of Thugtown Military Outpost 51, armed with machine gun turrets and massive flood lights, making sure that no zombie gets too close to the outer parts of the structure and taking care of intruders who ignore the warning signs and manage to find their way past mine fields and the tall walls of outer Thugtown's perimeter.

Meanwhile, 200 000 US troops have been sent overseas to fight against the Axis forces, most of whom are preparing their great naval assault on the Nazi-occupied bay territory of North France's Normandy. Despite being equipped with only basic infantry gear, they are still vigorous and battle hardened, and will storm up those beaches despite the odds being stacked against them. Even knowing that they will find only their doom, they will at least be dying while fighting for the right cause.

## Weapons

* M1917 Enfield
* Ithaca 37
* MG 08 (stationary)
* Land mines
* M1928 Thompson (Only used by one personnel)

## Strategy

* Use the Zombies, the US soldiers will not only target the player but also target the Zombies so use this to your advantage by firing at them while they fight or using them to clear out the Zombies first.

## Army personell

* Rifleman
* Shotgunner
* Paulie

 Quotes

* "'Least were not in Germany!"
* "We've got a perimeter breach!"
* "You're not getting passed us!"
* "Let 'em have it!"
* "Drop 'em boys!"
* "Stop that guy!"
* "Who's this guy?" (D-Day cutscene only)

## Gallery

An U.S army soldier patrolling the yard with a rifleTwo US soldiers charging out of their watchtowerUS soldiers charging up the beaches of Normandy
## Trivia

* Despite being bolt action rifles the riflemen fire their rifles semi automatically, although this could just be a model to stand in for the M1 Garand which was an American semi automatic rifle used during WW2.
* Idle soldiers at the Thugtown Quarantine Zone may mention that they find guarding the walls more preferable to being sent overseas to Germany. This indicates that these troops are mainly reservists, who were offered the job as an alternative to fighting in Europe.
* Unaware soldiers may stand still to move their helmets to scratch their heads, revealing their short brown hair. This is also shown when they are killed.
* A Steam Card reveals that the playable multiplayer skin of a muscular soldier is named "Paulie The Grunt". This may either be in reference to Paulie from the original short animation and first game as a second multiplayer character or show that this is the same Paulie, showing that he eventually joined the Army in the video game version.
* They are allies during the D-Day mission and therefore will not attack the player. They will attack any Wehrmacht soldiers they see. They die relatively easily however and it is almost impossible to keep them alive throughout the entire level.(Unless you need to get ahead of them and keep them alive as much as possible by killing the mortar team and destroying the artilleries all over, even neutralizing the entire Wehrmacht(Heer), and Waffen-SS forces, so if the player do this, then it would be possible to do that in the east difficulty, but also clear the mines too also.