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To Those Whose Grave is the Sea
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| May 20th 2020
| Rodney Dodsworth
Posted on 05/28/2023 2:04:34 PM PDT by Jacquerie
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To: Jacquerie
“We therefore commit [his] body to the deep, ... in sure and certain hope of the resurrection of the body, when the Sea shall give up her dead ...”
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posted on
05/28/2023 3:55:18 PM PDT
by
crz
To: Jacquerie
It would be far more motivational to talk about cars, or good booze, good guy friends better than brothers, or amassing power or wealth, than to use “sleep with a blonde” as a reason to fight. Good grief.
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posted on
05/28/2023 4:23:58 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
It would be far more motivational to talk about cars, or good booze, good guy friends better than brothers, or amassing power or wealth, than to use “sleep with a blonde” as a reason to fight. Good grief. Well... they won. So apparently it worked.
Although the statement was probably cleaned up a bit for the history books. :)
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posted on
05/28/2023 4:33:41 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Follow the money. Even if it leads you to someplace horrible it will still lead you to the truth.)
To: Mariner
Yeah. Just don’t let your ship get sunk anywhere near where the Chinese Communists know about it, because it will cease being a sacred graveyard, and will become a source of metal to be stripped from it.
HMS Prince of Wales is a prime example.
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posted on
05/28/2023 4:48:19 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: Jacquerie
“Shattered Sword” is the best book I have ever read about that battle.
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posted on
05/28/2023 4:50:21 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: Rummyfan
Yes. A few months ago, I finished his trilogy. Astonishingly good.
But one of the best of his works, by far (in my opinion) is “Neptune’s Inferno”.
A remarkable work.
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posted on
05/28/2023 4:54:39 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: Secret Agent Man
Were you never a young man? I like my cars, booze, friends, and cars well enough, but I’m not that old to forget what really motivated me in my youth.
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posted on
05/28/2023 4:59:47 PM PDT
by
Rinnwald
To: rlmorel
Yes I read that one too. Very good. Ghost Ship (about the crew of the Houston), The Fleet at High Tide, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors.... all great.
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posted on
05/28/2023 5:35:30 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
To: Secret Agent Man
LOL.
If you ever want to drive another Studebaker . . .
If you ever want to drink another beer . . .
I suspect you’ve never been laid.
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posted on
05/28/2023 5:36:02 PM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(ArticleVBlog.com)
To: Rinnwald
Young men frequently have their prriorities screwed up, and tend to grossly overvalue certain things and make huge mistakes because of nothing other than raging hormomes.
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posted on
05/28/2023 5:36:28 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Jacquerie
Just cut with the shaming, its all you have and its pathetic.
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posted on
05/28/2023 5:38:17 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
It would be far more motivational to talk about cars, or good booze, good guy friends better than brothers, or amassing power or wealth, than to use “sleep with a blonde” as a reason to fight. Good grief.Hey, spur of the moment and under great stress. He did the best he could.
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posted on
05/28/2023 5:39:39 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
To: Rummyfan
True, true. I would have just went with more high value things.
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posted on
05/28/2023 5:40:59 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Rummyfan
Yes. I really think he was the most pre-eminent historian of Naval Warfare alive before he passed.
I have read all of those too.
A gifted man.
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posted on
05/28/2023 5:50:25 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: Secret Agent Man
<>Just cut with the shaming,<>
Hey, leader of nothing, cut with the ignorant barbs against men infinitely better than you.
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posted on
05/28/2023 6:44:42 PM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(ArticleVBlog.com)
To: Secret Agent Man
So you admit you were wrong as to what subject a quick inspirational statement from the Captain would motivate young men?
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posted on
05/28/2023 6:47:20 PM PDT
by
Rinnwald
To: Jacquerie
Again guilt shaming does not work. Just give it up. Its all you know how to do, but its really old and worn out.
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posted on
05/28/2023 6:50:39 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Rinnwald
Have you stopped beating your wife?
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posted on
05/28/2023 6:51:02 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Jacquerie
My grandfather, US Navy Seabee during WWII, on Okinawa for Christmas 1945.
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posted on
05/28/2023 6:54:44 PM PDT
by
ro_dreaming
(Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
To: Jacquerie
Very thoughtful and timely post. Thank you.
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