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 Post subject: Uncomfortable
PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 10:59 am 
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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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 Post subject: Re: Uncomfortable
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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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 Post subject: Re: Uncomfortable
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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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Cool! Have an old friend of mine I'm gonna share this with and I know he'll appreciate the source. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Uncomfortable
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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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