01-14-2015, 07:55
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"Toilet Bomb"
Just a bit of forgotten history and a sense of good ol' American GI humor to brighten everyone's day. 
In October 1965, CDR Clarence J. Stoddard, Executive Officer of VA-25 "Fist of the Fleet", flying an A-1H Skyraider, NE/572 "Paper Tiger II" from Carrier Air Wing Two aboard USS Midway carried a special bomb to the North Vietnamese in commemoration of the 6-millionth pound of ordnance dropped. This bomb was unique because of the type... it was a toilet!
Richard
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01-14-2015, 08:13
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Today that would be akin to pissing on dead enemy and would end his career. 
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01-14-2015, 08:24
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Today that would be akin to pissing on dead enemy and would end his career. |
I doubt that - a little 'potty humor' vs desecrating a dead body - apples vs oranges, and I'm sorry you don't see the difference in those two actions.
Richard
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“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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01-14-2015, 09:59
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Did he hit his target? 
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01-14-2015, 10:14
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Hmmm. The Toto toilets we have were made in Vietnam. A little reverse engineering maybe? 
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01-14-2015, 11:32
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Originally Posted by Richard
Just a bit of forgotten history and a sense of good ol' American GI humor to brighten everyone's day.
In October 1965, CDR Clarence J. Stoddard, Executive Officer of VA-25 "Fist of the Fleet", flying an A-1H Skyraider, NE/572 "Paper Tiger II" from Carrier Air Wing Two aboard USS Midway carried a special bomb to the North Vietnamese in commemoration of the 6-millionth pound of ordnance dropped. This bomb was unique because of the type... it was a toilet!
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Gotta love the Spad!
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01-14-2015, 15:26
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I doubt that - a little 'potty humor' vs desecrating a dead body - apples vs oranges, and I'm sorry you don't see the difference in those two actions.
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Better to be pissed off than pissed on .... LOL!
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01-14-2015, 18:31
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Man, if that thing hit ya, that'd be a shitty way to go. 
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01-14-2015, 18:36
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Oh poo!
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01-14-2015, 19:53
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I wonder if anyone took a dump in it before it was loaded and dropped. 
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01-14-2015, 20:03
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Saigon steamer ?!?
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01-15-2015, 06:01
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Well, that one went right down the dumper....
...and it gives a new meaning to field sanitation.
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01-15-2015, 06:30
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Quote:
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I doubt that - a little 'potty humor' vs desecrating a dead body - apples vs oranges, and I'm sorry you don't see the difference in those two actions.
Richard
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I am sorry for the offense. I understand the difference. My statement (perhaps poorly made), was my speculation that many of our fellow countrymen today would attmept to link the two actions as similar in nature.
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