Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
Did you read my private Diary?Oh, you are sooo softhearted! Once I was too, but then I became three, went to Kindergarten and met the first girls.
Did you read my private Diary?Oh, you are sooo softhearted! Once I was too, but then I became three, went to Kindergarten and met the first girls.
My first thought! Never trust ordnance 'Made in China'!Silence! It didn’t work!
Eventually the logic of the events became clear!Some dummkopf betrunken Artz tripped over it in the dark while going to piss!”
Sergeants Connoisseurs and Loxuru were last out, wanting to "dispose of the prisoners the way we did in the War" – whatever.
There appears to have been a retired British officer ... a Major Grave, ... involved in the rescue as well, but no one seems to know how he got here. He apparently wandered off after the rescue and hasn't been heard from since.
Wonderful! I have no idea what just happened, but it is wonderful!36-39 Pall Mall, London, April 1951
The club steward approached the elderly gentlemen very carefully. It seemed such a shame to rouse the old coot from his slumbers, "Excuse me Colonel, but your six o'clock is here, you asked me to wake you," The old man's eyes sprang open with a flash but they seemed fixed on a very distant horizon, the steward took a step back.
"Damn Turks are not taking this position, don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes men, make every...last...bullet...oh damn off again, you were saying?"
"Your appointment is here Colonel Graves," The Steward gently reminded him.
"Oh, good, show him in and a couple of gin and tonics if you would be so kind," Graves told the man.
A brief moment later the steward returned accompanied by another man and a silver tray with two clear drinks. Graves it seemed had already nodded off again. The steward apologised and left the private room.
"That chap gone?" Graves crooked open half an eye.
"Yes he seems to have recused himself," Agreed his companion.
"Ah good," Suddenly Graves looked ten years younger, not young but a lot sharper, "So I got your documents for you, well that scary Rodent fellow of yours got them, seems the M.A.S.H unit he was attached to had a couple of pet Goons from the last war, once he tucked off that Yank General and his fraternity nonsense it seems one of them used a Russkie SVT they found among the cache of Chinese weapons. So one less commie captain anyhow."
"Hum, well good and the documents?" Asked the man in the grey suit.
"Right here," Graves fished out his brief case, ran the combination and then opened it with the flourish of a small key, "But why all the interest in the operations of some scummy Chink penal company?"
"We think they were actually a special propaganda unit, anyway, it all helps, in case the big one goes up, understanding communist tactics," The grey said quietly, "These documents, did you read them?"
"I read Cantonese, these are in Peking Mandarin, might as well be Greek to me," Graves replied stiffly.
"But you also read Greek," Came back the dry sally.
"Quite but I have learned when not to snoop," Said the old Colonel.
"Oh, sensible," His guest looked over the Chinese script quickly before placing it safely in a briefcase of his own and locking it, "So business out of the way, how are the sprogs?" He asked as he took up his drink.
Suddenly Graves looked ten years younger, not young but a lot sharper
Wonderful! I have no idea what just happened, but it is wonderful!
I agree with Barb, but I am wondering. Will the next that I hear being Tree as a secret AA with only peppermint tea in his bottles?A lovely cameo to add to the story.
Well, I did say that Joan's Horny Powder was a placebo, didn't I? Of course, we know that placebos can work quite well in many cases...I agree with Barb, but I am wondering. Will the next that I hear being Tree as a secret AA with only peppermint tea in his bottles?
I wonder what Patton would have added, if he still had been alive and serving!After Action reports, Eighth Army
(closed file, top secret)
When faced with the question of whether the girls should receive the rest of their properly sentenced punishment, he would have repeated his general thoughts on discipline: "All human beings have an innate resistance to obedience. Discipline removes this resistance and, by constant repetition, makes obedience habitual and subconscious." Sounds like he knew BarbaraI wonder what Patton would have added, if he still had been alive and serving!
When faced with the question of whether the girls should receive the rest of their properly sentenced punishment, he would have repeated his general thoughts on discipline: "All human beings have an innate resistance to obedience. Discipline removes this resistance and, by constant repetition, makes obedience habitual and subconscious." Sounds like he knew Barbara
FAKE NEWS!!!I agree with Barb, but I am wondering. Will the next that I hear being Tree as a secret AA with only peppermint tea in his bottles?
. I also wish to correct the filed Rainbow Division 'after action report' by stating that it was, in fact, a bold action on the part of the 4078th C.O., Colonel Phlebas, who organized an ad hoc strike force of MASH doctors and enlisted personnel ... including Captains, Wragg, Tree, Jolly, Goldman, Sergeants Rodent, Connoisseurs. Loxoru, and MP Emily ... that effected the timely rescue of the nurses. All should be commended and receive citations for their brave actions.
I wish to stipulate that in this grave matter all high ranking officers should be in attendance. Do not schedule the floggings of Lieutenants Moore and Brave until I can get there to witness it.
RR has just opened the possibility of MASH DIARY being followed by a Cold War thriller ... are you ready for this CIA, FBI, MI6, Bundesnachrichtsdienst, Stassi, KGB?
In other words : he would have come to do the flogging himself!"All human beings have an innate resistance to obedience. Discipline removes this resistance and, by constant repetition, makes obedience habitual and subconscious
Oh dear.Going off and getting yourself captured and crucified by the enemy does not make anyone a hero in this man's army.
seems the M.A.S.H unit he was attached to had a couple of pet Goons from the last war, once he tucked off that Yank General and his fraternity nonsense it seems one of them used a Russkie SVT they found among the cache of Chinese weapons. So one less commie captain anyhow
Thank you for the insightful comments, Staff Sergeant Loxuru. You are a credit to the army (whichever one you currently profess loyalty to?)Debriefing to myself.
May 10th 1951
Korea (exact location classified)
Probably I am a slow thinker on some occasions. It probably explains why, even after more than fifteen years in the military, I did not make it higher than a ‘Stabsunteroffizier’. So, it took me a while before I understood what the Colonel meant with these ‘pet Goons from the last war’.
Yet, Meine Herrn, this ‘pet Goon’ has to tell you this. First of all, I have the highest esteem for what these doctors and nurses do in their every day job in the MASH unit! I honestly prefer the real battlefield, where I switch my mind to ‘zero’, fix the bayonet on my rifle, and charge when ordered! Adrenaline will do the rest, to help me ignore the repulsive events that happen around me! And even more honestly, I would not like to be in the place of these medics that have to try to fix the butchery left behind on the battlefield – as far as there is anything left to fix! So far, fortune of war has been very kind to me, I hope it will stay that way!
So, I emphasize again, these surgery tents are a battlefield on their own for the doctors and nurses, and I am glad to be not around when the wounded come in, commiting myself to service the motor pool meanwhile, so that the material is always ready for an eventuality, allowing me to stay at a comfortable distance from that particular battlefield.
But remember, there is a war going on, and, Geneva Convention or not (there is already more than enough Geneva Convention in the surgery tents), there is sometimes dirty work to do! Especially when some old sofa warrior Herr General Praetorio lets a POW officer return to his lines, simply because of some frat bullshit!
Apparently, these British gentleman in their London club were shocked by my action? I tell you, Meine Herrn, from my viewpoint, that Captain Fuk was a POW on the run, so he had given up his protection provided by the Geneva Convention, and I did my duty to shoot him! Fuck frat stuff! With that one bullit in his back, I saved the life and limbs of numerous American and other UN soldiers.
Concerning the punishment of Lt. Moore and Lt. Brave. In case I will be ordered again to do their punishment, I shall do it! Befehl is Befehl! But in case I would meet one of these illustrious generals who gave the order to continue the sentence, I would suggest he would put down his brass for a day and give the doctors and nurses a helping hand in the surgery tents of the MASH unit in the aftermath of a battle! That could help shape their views on ‘Disziplin’.
Staff Sergeant Loxuru, US Army, 4078th MASH
Apparently, these British gentleman in their London club were shocked by my action?
once he tucked off that Yank General and his fraternity nonsense it seems one of them used a Russkie SVT they found among the cache of Chinese weapons. So one less commie captain anyhow.