I Hope It's True!

I was reading a comment at El Calamaro Grande's site about saving the battleships when I came across something that's just too damn good to allocate to a mere link - here it is:

"I had a AT Chief in the Navy ( I apologize for butchering it here, but I want to make a point), Who used to tell a story about his older brother who was a Marine Cobra pilot; anyway one day the brother marine and his wingman where slugging it out with some VC on a little Island in the middle of this river.

The Cobras were trying to support an amphibious unit, when everyone ran into more than expected resistance, so when things got desperate, the cobra gunner radios for some artillery. He finally gets a calm response back, gives the coordinates, and then receives a message to; “hang on, that one round is in coming”.

The Brother Marine hears the exchange;“what do you mean one round?! We need every thing you’ve got!”

The response was; “one round, and only one round, incoming” “ Trust us you won’t need another”

Gunner; “Who is this?!”

Response; “The USS Missouri, you’ve got one 16 inch round incoming”

Gunner; OH SH…….!,

Just as the sound of the freight train arrived over head. Anyhow, they sank the island, and muddied up a couple of helicopters.

When Marines are having trouble getting out of trouble faster than they got into it, you can’t call for that sort of air support from back in Diego Garcia (a 14 - 16 hour wait for a B-52)."

I F'kin Love It!!