Originally Posted by Pappy

I was in Sicily, while a jarhead. Our avionics shop was a semi-trailer that had an awesome ac system. First thing in the morning, the shop was hot as,...well, you know. Anyway, the numerous flies were quite active; annoyingly so. Once the ac kicked in, the flies began to slow down. They would land on the wall and not be in any hurry to leave the warmer surface. So, someone in the shop, came up with the idea of tying a couple of rubber bands together, as a weapon. It was great fun, to splatter flies all over the walls. When it got really chilly, if one did try to fly, they could be taken out of the air by simply grabbing them. Some got shot with the rubber bands. The last entry in the log book, every night, looked something like this:

Sigonella Fly Wars

Marines-286 Flies-0



Pappy