[Milsurplus] WWII Radio Chatter??

David Stinson arc5 at ix.netcom.com
Mon Sep 3 16:27:15 EDT 2007


These guys sound pretty comfortable, too.
Someone else at the original site said it matched
transcripts of intercepted radio traffic during Leyte Gulf.
Not sure I buy that, either.
I think radio men in combat in the South Pacific 
were more likely to speak
as their training taught them: "measured and distinct
like President Roosevelt," and to interject a few choice
other phrases into the procedure, kinda like:
  
    "Easy Red One this is Easy Red Three, fir.... ("zzzzzzz-UP!")
      DA** IT!!  WHERE THE HEL* DID THAT.....Oh, SH*T!!
        EASY RED..... crap!   Easy Red One, this is Easy Red Three,
          Fire missi (*BLAM!*)  YAAA!  Cover! COVER!...."



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