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Pearl Harbour Radio Operator: "Is
there anything that we can provide?"
Response from Marine Commander on Wake Island: "Send us more Japs!"
Said to be one of the last radio transmissions received
from the Marines on Wake Island before it fell to the Japanese, 1941.
Events and Scratches...
The annual Family Picnic will be here before we know it so call Phil or myself with a head
count as soon as you can so enough refreshments will be available for all...the date is Aug.15th at Phils house at 1pm...come out and enjoy
the day...
The annual ticket raffle has started with tickets at $2.00..."Support the tent so we can support
the Vet...
The next Scratch will be held at the Hanover Post on Sept 12th at 2pm followed then by Littlestown
on Nov.21st...please plan to attend...
The last Scratch at Gettysburg brought 5 new cooties to our seams..."Increase
and Multiply"...
Rank Recognition, Navy
ADMIRAL:
Leaps tall buildings with a single bound, is more powerful than a locomotive, is faster than a speeding
bullet, walks on water amid typhoons, reviews policy with God.
CAPTAIN:
Leaps short buildings with a single bound, is more powerful than a switch engine, is just as fast as a speeding
bullet, walks on water if sea is calm, talks to God.
COMMANDER:
Leaps short buildings with a running start and favorable winds, is almost as powerful as a switch engine,
is faster than a speeding BB, walks on water in indoor swimming pool, talks to God only if a special request chit is approved.
LT. COMMANDER:
Barely clears Quonset hut, loses tug-of-war with
switch-engine, can fire a speeding bullet, swims well, is occasionally addressed by God.
LIEUTENANT:
Makes high marks by trying to leap buildings, is run over by the locomotive, can sometimes
handle a gun without inflicting self injury, dog paddles, talks to animals.
LIEUTENANT jg:
Runs into buildings, recognizes locomotives two out of three times, is not issued ammunition,
can stay afloat if properly instructed in the Mae-West, talks to bulkheads.
ENSIGN:
Falls over doorstep when trying to enter building, says look at the Choo-Choo, wets himself,
plays in mud puddles, mumbles to himself.
CHIEF:
Lifts
buildings and walks under them, kicks locomotives off the tracks, catches speeding bullets in his teeth and eats them, freezes
water with a single glance, makes policy and enforces it,
HE IS GOD.
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