My father (former WWII Naval aviator, almost 92 years young) often told me of the hogshead of rum his air group liberated from Efate in the weapons bay of a TBF.

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Mike Kanze

Republican Sen. John McCain berated fellow lawmakers for "spending money like a drunken sailor." But one of his constituents took offense at this comparison, saying, "As a former drunken sailor, I take offense at being compared to Congress!"


"Boomerang" wrote in message ...
Nothing in the Pilots handbook mentioned that two kegs of Oktoberfest in the
nose turret of a P4M-1Q on the Germany-Morocco return leg created a "step"
that gave you an additional eight knots at best cruise and insured a warm
mid-October welcome from the gang at home in Port Lyautey....