To: archy; Squantos
There should be a museum of all the artifacts and curios invented by bored GIs. Naturally, the museum would be constructed entirely of ordnance crates.
142 posted on
04/11/2008 5:08:37 PM PDT by
Travis McGee
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To: Travis McGee; archy
Indeed....I collect trench art from WWI. Some very very intricate work on old artillery brass........:o)
Great stuff.....
As well......the ingenuity of the GI’s in the field are indeed amazing. We built entire condo’s underground using conex’s and newer larger sea containers , cutting HVAC ports and windows with flex linear shape charges because we couldn’t find a cutting torch. In some open desert bases we built, underground was the coolest spot and invisible in a region where one could see the curvature of the earth on a clear day......
143 posted on
04/11/2008 5:46:00 PM PDT by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.©)
To: Travis McGee
There should be a museum of all the artifacts and curios invented by bored GIs. Naturally, the museum would be constructed entirely of ordnance crates. And would of course be constructed by off-duty SEABEES, whom we can pay off in beer we swiped from the Australians.
155 posted on
04/15/2008 12:56:34 PM PDT by
archy
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