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Old 12-17-2006, 09:22 PM   #21
JayMcGee
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveDallas
What did the Falklands have to do with it?

Everything.

42 Commando, under Colonel H, began the long push to Port Stanley.

They force-marched across some of the roughest terrain in the world, including mosquito-infested bogs and marshes. All the way, they were subjugated to dysentry and diarrhea. In order to minimise the chafing ans soreness afflicted by tight-fitting thermal undwear (the falklands are *cold*) they discarded the underwear and 'went commando'.
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