Posted on 10/24/2017 4:20:49 AM PDT by simpson96
We did not get a warm welcome when we wore our uniforms ashore in France (near Brest)...people would glare at you when they saw you walking down the street. I didn’t enjoy that as a port of call...Scotland was best! Those people really seemed to like us...:)
“We did not get a warm welcome when we wore our uniforms ashore in France”
Freakin’ ingrates.
It was very strange. I had never encountered that outright cold reception as a uniformed American there or anywhere since, though I suspect things would be different today.
Someone told me that sailors don’t even get to go on liberty today the way they used to...everything is planned and in groups.
Sigh. I guess I understand, but my first impression on hearing that was outrage. I mean, if you can’t be a sailor and go on real liberty in strange and exotic lands, what the heck use is it being a sailor?
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