Amen! The Seabees are awesome.
Not too many construction workers in this world can build an airstrip while simultaneously giving the enemy a sound arse-kicking!
Posted on 01/11/2003 10:15:14 AM PST by Imal
And ditto that for all you wingnuts, grunts and coasties out there, too.
The U.S. Air Force, Army and Coast Guard. Cross them at your peril!
Yep, that they were, although I know of a few nuke boats that would probably earn the name, too. ;^)
There are lots of movies about what it was like to be on one of the old pig boats, but none can convey what it really must have been like to have gone for days without showering, breathing in the stifling stench of the diesels, covered with sweat, grease and brine, sleeping in a rack with your nose six inches from the one above you, being packed into that tiny little can with dozens of guys that stank as badly as you did, and not being able to turn your head without smacking it into some valve or another hanging down from the overhead.
Compared to those, my boat was a palace, even though the largest open space in it was smaller than my bedroom is today.
Yeah, he had his reasons, but as far as I'm concerned, there's a special place in hell for scum like him, and I hope he's having a terrible time there.
And may the men he let die be forever pissing down on him from Heaven.
Amen! The Seabees are awesome.
Not too many construction workers in this world can build an airstrip while simultaneously giving the enemy a sound arse-kicking!
Before you buy this book, for some real fun go to your local library and ask one of the politically correct librarians if they have this book or can borrow this book from a lending library.
I did this at our local libray with one of these creatures. At first she/it got really hostile when I showed her the printout telling about the book. Then she went on the computer got even madder and then suddenly changed. She asked how I knew about the author and this book. I said that friend on the internet told me about this book.
This weird interchange went on for about 7 minutes. My wife was watching it from about 25 feet away and came up at the final part. As the clipped hair and now semi friendly librarian, had entered the data for to try and get the book if not available, she would buy it in Feb. if I requested it at that time. As I thanked her, she smiled and asked if I was in the military, and I said a long time ago. She asked what branch and I said Navy. She smiled and said we will let you know if we find the book or need your request to order it.
My wife had watched the changes in her personality and said that on my next trip, I should ask this librarian if she was in the military and what she did. My wife said that if the book came in or I went back to talk to this liberian, she wanted a comfortable seat to watch act 2.
Thanks for the insightful observations about Pearl, haven't been there yet, want to go so bad I can taste it. Someday ...
The U.S. Submarine Memorials Locator File
Non sibi sed patria
Not for self, but for country
This one?
"South Carolina, a 1165-ton (burden) iron screw steamship built at Boston, Massachusetts in 1860, was purchased by the Navy in May 1861 for Civil War service. She was commissioned later in that month as USS South Carolina and assigned to the Gulf Blockading Squadron. "
Thanks for the link!
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