but it is filipino/american history.

i don't remember which war it was (this is according to my uncle) but filipinos are the reason for the term "leather necks" for u.s. soldiers as well as the reason the .45 caliber bullet was developed.

so, the story goes, the bullets back then weren't "potent" enough, meaning the filipino soldiers could take a few slugs to the chest, and still get close enough to slash the u.s. soldiers' necks with machetes. as a result, the soldiers started wearing thick leather straps on their necks and upgraded to .45 cal bullets. also, during this time the term "boondocks" was coined. when u.s. soldiers asked natives where filipino rebels and soldiers were hiding, the natives replied "bundoks", the tagalog term for mountain. hence, the american soldiers mispronounced it and used it as the term for rural or back water.

oh, and also, this:

http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/clo/435960923.html