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Canadian's Military Cartoons

Hi Folks,

I came across this page and figured you all may enjoy it too:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/cartoons/

Karmen :)

Quote:

http://www.geocities.com/aemt_2000/C...sc-triva2.html

From a transcript of a radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations on 10 Oct 1995, between a US Navy vessel and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland:

Americans: "Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision."

Canadians: "Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision."

Americans: "This is the captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course."

Canadians: "No, I say again, divert YOUR course."

Americans: "This is the aircraft carrier USS Missouri. We are a large warship of the US Navy. DIVERT YOUR COURSE *NOW*."

Canadians: "We are a lighthouse. Your call."

:D :D :D

Karmen

Canadian military cartoons

CARMAN:
I enjoyed your Naval joke and I do not like to nit pick but you sure would have one hell of a time trying to land and airoplane on the Missouri as it is not an aircraft carrier but a battleship. We sure want the Navy to know, that we know our Naval crafts. By the way this was the ship on which the Japanese signed the final surrender documents.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Re: Canadian military cartoons

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Originally posted by Norm Cromie
the Missouri as it is not an aircraft carrier but a battleship.

Norm, did you take that picture? It's awesome.

Thanks,
Hanno

Canadian Military Cartoons

Hanno

I took this photo of the Missouri in the State of Washington in 1978. I believe if my memory holds right President Reagan ordered this ship re-fitted and it went back to the fleet, (the date I am not sure.) It should have been obvious that large battle ships are a liability rather than an asset to modern Naval warfare.

Re: Canadian military cartoons

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Originally posted by Norm Cromie
CARMAN:
I enjoyed your Naval joke and I do not like to nit pick but you sure would have one hell of a time trying to land and airoplane on the Missouri as it is not an aircraft carrier but a battleship. We sure want the Navy to know, that we know our Naval crafts. By the way this was the ship on which the Japanese signed the final surrender documents.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Hello Norm ... thanks for your reply (and it's nice to see you posting still)

Well ... ignorance is cured by enlightenment :) One of the beauties of MLU is that wrong information is quickly spotted by someone who knows it's wrong or off somehow, therefore enlightenment can happen :) I scooped and pasted the story as a "funny" not knowing the validity ... knowing I didn't know "facts" and that someone would surely say something if I posted something that needed to be "set right" ...

I agree with Hanno that that is indeed an awesome photo ... visually ... I can't comment on the history or the ship itself... but it's a powerful photo in and of itself. Which reminds me ... it's time to try Geoff's DVD player to see if I can finally view that CD ... I'm impatient to (a long time ago :rolleyes: )

Hey Norm, is it Spring there yet? :(

Karmen

PS:L But of course....

...but of course, Norm, if I were to fly a pixie plane, being the Pixie Witch that I am, then surely I could land on even a (Canadian) dime? :D :p