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"You had a thankless and tough job"

Not really if you think about it.

Imagine for a moment, a 22 year old 2nd Lieutenant, assigned to blow up stuff, with access and authority to obtain and use any of the explosives in the army inventory. Imagine also, that this same Lieutenant's CO was miles and miles away and didn't have the time nor the inclination to keep tabs on one lowly guy way out in the boondocks.

That Lieutenant was me, and I was happier than a big sunflower. It's a lot of fun to blow up stuff when you're 22, and are completely oblivious to the fact that if the slightest thing goes wrong, you can be sent home in a lunch bag.

But I never forgot what they taught me at engineer school:
Calculate the explosives required for the task, then "round off to the nearest ammo dump". I took that quite literally, which resulted in some pretty spectacular explosions.

So thanks for your sentiments, but I really had fun.

Calculate the explosives required for the task, then "round off to the nearest ammo dump".

LOL! I love it, and you're certainly not "boreing" me with your reminising. Thanks for sharing.