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Off Saipan, June 1944:
"They had been properly cautioned by Navy manuals and talks. The troops were warned to beware of sea life ringing the island: 'sharks, barracuda, sea snakes, anemones, razor-sharp coral, polluted waters, poison fish and giant clams that shut on a man like a bear trap.' An officer read off, according to regulations, the joys of life ashore: 'leprosy, typhus, filariasis, yaws, typhoid, dengue fever, dysentry, saber grass, insects, snakes and giant lizards.' 'Eat nothing growing on the island,' he continued reading; 'don't drink its waters and don't approach the inhabitants.' THE END. 'Any questions?' "A hand was raised. The officer nodded. 'Why don't we let them keep the island?' "
Sounds more fun than what I'm up to though.
"They had been properly cautioned by Navy manuals and talks. The troops were warned to beware of sea life ringing the island: 'sharks, barracuda, sea snakes, anemones, razor-sharp coral, polluted waters, poison fish and giant clams that shut on a man like a bear trap.' An officer read off, according to regulations, the joys of life ashore: 'leprosy, typhus, filariasis, yaws, typhoid, dengue fever, dysentry, saber grass, insects, snakes and giant lizards.' 'Eat nothing growing on the island,' he continued reading; 'don't drink its waters and don't approach the inhabitants.' THE END. 'Any questions?' "A hand was raised. The officer nodded. 'Why don't we let them keep the island?' "
Sounds more fun than what I'm up to though.