Re: Food Checkout Week

In article <fqnhb2$7n0$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Keith F.
Lynch) wrote:

> Okay, I guess I should have said allied lives.  Americans tend to
> think of the European Theater as an allied effort, but the Pacific
> Theater as just US vs. Japan.

The Duke of Edinburgh (husband to the Queen) served in the Pacific War.
I saw him being interviewed on TV about his experiences many years ago.

He mentioned that he was on the bridge of his ****p with an American
officer standing next to him.  There was a British aircraft carrier
alongside his ****p.  Suddenly, a kamikaze plane crashed into the deck
of the aircraft carrier.  The American officer started to panic,
expecting a big explosion.

Turned out that US aircraft carriers had wooden flight decks.  He was
expecting the plane to go right through and blow up the magazine.

British aircraft carriers had armoured flight decks.  The duke said
that what happened next was, after the smoke had cleared, a number of
ratings appeared with brooms and swept the wreckage over the side.