Cool! Have an old friend of mine I'm gonna share this with and I know he'll appreciate the source.
Thanks!
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| Author: | Blake [ Fri Oct 22, 2021 10:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Uncomfortable |
This could be from any war: [During a storm at sea...] The captain of the transport studied his clinometer and, with a dispassion that terrified every landlubber in earshot, mused, "I can't believe a ship can roll so far without turning over." Somewhere in the Club is a sailor laughing to himself. |
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| Author: | Scott Ludwig [ Mon Nov 01, 2021 5:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Uncomfortable |
Wow, heard similar thoughts from sailors I know. I can't fathom myself but it's incredible. Did the quote come from someone in particular? |
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| Author: | Blake [ Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Uncomfortable |
Ran across it in Rick Atkinson's "An Army at Dawn". Attributed to a sailor as the second wave of transports and ships tried to navigate the storms off the Moroccan coast in 1942. |
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| Author: | Scott Ludwig [ Wed Nov 03, 2021 5:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Uncomfortable |
Cool! Have an old friend of mine I'm gonna share this with and I know he'll appreciate the source. Thanks! |
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| Author: | Logrus Pattern [ Fri Nov 19, 2021 8:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Uncomfortable |
Conversely I have heard a Navy sailor ask what the handholds on the bridge of a ship were for. Apparently he had never seen them on Navy ships. I would have thought even a modern aircraft carrier or submarine has them but I have not had the chance to confirm. So maybe he was just a Navy guy being Navy. |
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