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HAVE YOU HEARD:
An old Navy Chief and an old Marine Gunney were sitting at the VFW arguing about who'd had the tougher career:
'I did 30 years in the Corps,' the Marine 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 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 by day and mortar fire all night. In a firefight, we'd fire
until our arms ached and our guns were empty, then we charge the enemy with
bayonets'.
'Ah', said the Sailor with a dismissive wave of his hand. "Lucky bastard,
all shore duty, huh"?
An old Navy Chief and an old Marine Gunney were sitting at the VFW arguing about who'd had the tougher career:
'I did 30 years in the Corps,' the Marine 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 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 by day and mortar fire all night. In a firefight, we'd fire
until our arms ached and our guns were empty, then we charge the enemy with
bayonets'.
'Ah', said the Sailor with a dismissive wave of his hand. "Lucky bastard,
all shore duty, huh"?