[Ads-l] Vietnam moves to South Pacific

[Jonathan Lighter]

Esquire, concerning Vietnam War re-enactors:

"Together, they live like squadrons readying for the South Pacific
battles...and they take NLF prisoners, portrayed by whoever drew the short
stick at the beginning of the day."

http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a34564/vietnam-war-reenactment-40th-anniversary-in-country-film/

BTW, in the popular mind, the war against Japan was fought exclusively in
"the South Pacific."  In fact, most of it was in the less romantic North
Pacific.

JL

-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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