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Added on: 4th Feb 2015

 

ARMY V NAVY

 

An old Sailor and an old Fleet Air Arm

where sitting in the Duke of Buckingham

arguing about who'd had the tougher career.

'I did 30 years in the Corps', the Fleet

declared proudly, 'and fought in three of

my country's wars. Fresh out of boot camp

I hit the beach at Okinawa, clawed my way up the

blood-soaked sand, and eventually took out an

entire enemy machine gun nest with

a single grenade. 'As a sergeant,

I fought in Korea alongside General MacArthur.

We pushed back the enemy inch by bloody inch

all the way up to the Chinese border,

always under a barrage of artillery and

small arms fire. 'Finally, as a gunny sergeant,

I did three consecutive combat tours in Vietnam.

We humped through the mud and

razor grass for 14 hours a day,

plagued by rain and mosquitoes,

ducking under sniper fire all day and

mortar fire all night.

In a fire-fight, we'd fire until our arms

ached and our guns were empty,

then we'd charge the enemy with bayonets!'

'Ah', said the Sailor with a

dismissive wave of his hand,

'lucky Tommy, all shore duty, huh?'

 

machine gunner  animation

 


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