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A little quotation which may cheer some of you up. It's from the 116th (US) Infantry regimental account of the build up to the D-Day landings on Omaha beach.
"Major Dallas' command party made their start under inauspicious circumstances. In lowering their boats from the davits of H.M.S. Empire Javelin, the command boat became stuck for 30 minutes directly under the outlet of the ship's 'heads' and could go neither up nor down. During this half-hour the ship's company made the most of an opportunity that Englishmen have sought since 1776".
"Major Dallas' command party made their start under inauspicious circumstances. In lowering their boats from the davits of H.M.S. Empire Javelin, the command boat became stuck for 30 minutes directly under the outlet of the ship's 'heads' and could go neither up nor down. During this half-hour the ship's company made the most of an opportunity that Englishmen have sought since 1776".