Wartime paperwork(?) humor
something of a classic:U.S.S. SKIPJACK 84/18/S36-1 11 June, 1942 From: The Commanding Officer. To: Supply Officer, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California. Via: Commander Submarines, Southwest ...Read More
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I stumbled onto this on one of the Navy historical sites a while back. You have to love the humor of America's fighting men and women, and if you've worn the uniform you understand it all to well. lol...
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This memo found its way into the script of the movie Operation Petticoat, leading many to believe it to be just a Hollywood fiction; but actually fiction here simply copied fact.
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This story has been on Gene Slover's site for quite a while. Gene's page has a bit more info: Read More
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Sometimes the supply system will do the opposite and give you what you asked for and hard. Just before transfer a guy who was on the same Salvage Ship as me ordered some “small stuff”, this is small...
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There's an episode of MASH with 1000,000 tongue depressors being delivered instead of 10,000. In reality a friend of mine used to sell beer for Scottish Courage as was, part of the deal was a number...
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hoist40 wrote:Sometimes the supply system will do the opposite and give you what you asked for and hard.According to Edward Beach's book/memoir...Read More
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ChrisPat wrote:There's an episode of MASH with 1000,000 tongue depressors being delivered instead of 10,000. In reality a friend of mine used to sell beer for Scottish Courage as was, part of the...
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An Officer who was on the Invincible during the Falklands War told me the story that on their way south, the signal requisitioning "goffas" (cans of soft drink) from an RFA was corrupted so that...
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