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old Sailor and an old Marine joke
savage170
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An old Sailor and an old Marine were sitting at the VFW arguing about who'd had the tougher career.
"I did 30 years in the Corps," the Marine declared proudly, "and fought in three of my
country's wars. Fresh out of boot camp, I hit the beach at Okinawa, clawed my way
up the blood-soaked sand, and eventually took out an entire enemy machine gun
nest with a single grenade.
"As a sergeant, I fought in Korea. We pushed back the enemy inch by bloody inch all the
way up to the Chinese border, always under a barrage of artillery and small arms fire.
"Finally, as a gunny sergeant, I did three consecutive combat tours in Vietnam. We humped
through the mud and razorgrass for 14 hours a day, plagued by rain and mosquitoes, ducking
under sniper fire all day and mortar fire all night. In a firefight, we'd fire until our arms ached
and our guns were empty, then we'd charge the enemy with bayonets!"
"Ah," said the Sailor with a dismissive wave of his hand, "all shore duty, huh?"
"I did 30 years in the Corps," the Marine declared proudly, "and fought in three of my
country's wars. Fresh out of boot camp, I hit the beach at Okinawa, clawed my way
up the blood-soaked sand, and eventually took out an entire enemy machine gun
nest with a single grenade.
"As a sergeant, I fought in Korea. We pushed back the enemy inch by bloody inch all the
way up to the Chinese border, always under a barrage of artillery and small arms fire.
"Finally, as a gunny sergeant, I did three consecutive combat tours in Vietnam. We humped
through the mud and razorgrass for 14 hours a day, plagued by rain and mosquitoes, ducking
under sniper fire all day and mortar fire all night. In a firefight, we'd fire until our arms ached
and our guns were empty, then we'd charge the enemy with bayonets!"
"Ah," said the Sailor with a dismissive wave of his hand, "all shore duty, huh?"
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