In the Army Now - The joy of the Armed ForcesI've never been a soldier. I was an air cadet once, but that mostly involved sitting in a mouldy hut learning about aeroplane engines with the hint that one day we might go flying.
Yet, anyone who has spent time defending their nation, or at least drinking bromide-laced-tea for their nation, must have stories to tell. Tell them now.
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chthonic, Thu 23 Mar 2006, 18:26)
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Joys of the armed forcesMy grandfather on my fathers side was one of the lucky ones who survived numerous trips to and from Malta as a gunner, and never wore a helmet. His ship mates painted 'Aim Here' above his gunnery station, which the kind germans did, puncturing a hole with cannon fire through the ships superstructure an inch above his head.
My grandfather on my mothers side spent the last years of the war in the indonesian jungle fighting the japanese with the natives as part of an SOE team, escaped capture twice, and was awarded so many medals on his return he couldn't pin them all on his chest. There's lots of highly amusing photos of him standing around in the jungle, but the best ones are those he sent home at the time where the censor has blacked out everything apart fom his head.
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The Beast can't help looking at womens breasts on the tube, Wed 29 Mar 2006, 10:27,
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