Among the many late-night, gastrointestinal-wrecking delights within American fast-food culture, Taco Bell stands elite.

For decades, Americans have fearlessly and willingly forked over hard-earned cash despite knowing a minute on the lips, forever (or so it would seem)… on the lavatory.

Despite these Eric Cartman-esque Stage Four bouts of fecal displeasure, Taco Bell remains one of the top fast food chains in the nation thanks, in large part, to a Marine.

Glen Bell was born in Lynwood, California, on Sept. 3, 1923, to Glen and Ruth Johnson Bell. One of six children, the future American restaurateur set off on his own at the age of 16 and, according to his " Taco Titan “ biography, “[went] on the bum” and “r[ode] the rails in search of work.”

That work, or lack thereof, led him to

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