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Re: Did I ever tell you...?

"Leon" <spamnot@meeskeit.net> wrote in message
news:4af4492f$0$31277$607ed4bc@cv.net...
>
> "Goldenwight" <prostetnic_vogon@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:0d016cdc-1f23-4e62-aae7-ac017fe451bd@f16g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>> When I was in the Navy, we were helping the Army do a beach assault
>> (basically because we had boats, and they didn't?) one night. It must
>> have been a TA unit, because they were mixed, and at that time
>> infantry units weren't.
>>
>> Well, we took the first lot right in to the shore, and all of a sudden
>> there were bombs and bullets and all sorts of stuff. I nearly crapped
>> myself.
>>
>> So the next wave we decided to drop a bit further out.The first guy
>> went in, and he was up to his neck so we thought it was OK.
>> Unfortunately, he was about six-four and the next one over was a
>> girlie of about five nothing. She disappeared completely, only her
>> rifle showing above the surf!
>>
>> Most of you won't find that funny, I know, but it still cracks me up
>> 25 years on. Yeah, and every time I watch "Apocalypse Now" it gets
>> worse!
>
> Having had to make several landings in LCVP's operated by moronic Navy
> kids, I do NOT find that funny. And the fact that you do relegates you to
> a category two stages below "asshole".
> On Guadalcanal in WW2, almost a hundred Marines drowned because of people
> like you. On Guam, chicken-hearted Navy crews were so frightened that they
> pulled away from the troopship that was coming under fire as I was coming
> down the landing net, dropping me ten feet into the bay and then only
> coming back to pick me up when some of my fellow soldiers threatened to
> toss the cowards overboard. I am sure there were many in the Navy with
> brains and guts, but I didn't meet them.
>
> Shame on you!
>
> Leon
>
Is there some part of UK and HUMOUR that is beyond you?

WW1 1914 - 1918. 7 months US was part of the World War 1.
WWII 1939 - 1945. US involvement December 7th 1941 to end.

You should not knock the Senior Service as they will most surely kick your
arse..
At least they would have done before UK plc went communist.

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