what an educashun!

[Bruce Dykes]

In the new movie, U-571, a marine colonel uses the phrase "lock and load". I
vaguely remember a list discussion which put this in the Korean War (or
maybe Vietnam), but the archive search engine isn't being very forthcoming
with the results I want.

Is this an anachronism?

Another phrase of note was "boondockers and dungarees", referring to the
blue cotton shirts and bell bottoms worn as everyday uniforms in the Navy.
Never having been in the Navy, I have no idea whether this was current or
retro, accurate or anachronistic. Barry brought us 'boondocks' from the Army
Times in 1943, so chronologically it's entirely possible...

bkd