View Single Post
  #12  
Old March 31st 04, 01:47 AM
Peter Stickney
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

In article ,
Ogden Johnson III writes:
nt (Krztalizer) wrote:

Just so, Gordon. And it's not even combat memories. I know
damned well that the USN and USMC took Gavabutu and Levu-Vana
islands during WWII, but damned if I can find them in any history
books now. I've even seen the film footage, so I know it
happened.

[OK, I wasn't gonna do it, but in light of how this started ...
Anyone that missed the goiter-sized swelling in my cheek as I
typed the above isn't psychic enough to warrant consideration as
a regular in r.a.m.n. This ain't r.a.m, after all. We can tell
the real from the BS and the tongue-in-cheek here.]


I must have missed that one. It must have taken place about the same
time we hit the Supply Depots at Daquiri. We came in low, under their
Radar...

--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster