Chickenboy
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake *****Pilot's Tent, VP-72, Tanna, New and Improved New Hebrides, March 17, 1942***** Col. "Red Mike" Edson, CO, 1st Marine Raider Bn & Acting CO, Allied Forces, Tanna: <approaches a USN Lt., jg who is rubbing his forehead after striking his head on the tent pole> What is your name Lt.? USN Lt., jg: <He turns toward the voice. He sports a red streak on his forehead and severely crossed eyes> Who said that? Col. "Red Mike" Edson, CO, 1st Marine Raider Bn & Acting CO, Allied Forces, Tanna: I did son. It's Col. Edson. Are you injured? USN Lt., jg: Oh, no sir, just a little bump on the head, I'm used to it, I'll be fine. It's Lt. McGoo, sir. <closes one eye and squints while saluting> Col. "Red Mike" Edson, CO, 1st Marine Raider Bn & Acting CO, Allied Forces, Tanna: But what about your eyes? USN Lt., jg: Oh, no sir, they were like that before. Col. "Red Mike" Edson, CO, 1st Marine Raider Bn & Acting CO, Allied Forces, Tanna: Where is your CO, Lt.? USN Lt., jg: I believe he is inside the tent sir. Shall I call him? Col. "Red Mike" Edson, CO, 1st Marine Raider Bn & Acting CO, Allied Forces, Tanna: Yes, please do. USN Lt., jg: Cmdr. McGoo? Are you in there. There is a Colonel wants to see you. Lt. Cmdr. McGoo: <Stumbles out of tent with thick glasses, also striking his head on the tent pole> Ouch! Lt. Cmdr. McGoo reporting as ordered, sir! Col. "Red Mike" Edson, CO, 1st Marine Raider Bn & Acting CO, Allied Forces, Tanna: <returns salute> Is everyone around here named McGoo? Lt. Cmdr. McGoo: Well...yes, pretty much sir, all the pilots at least. We are all kin, sir. We all volunteered together when we heard about the Jap sneak attack on February 7th. Col. "Red Mike" Edson, CO, 1st Marine Raider Bn & Acting CO, Allied Forces, Tanna: Wait, do you mean Pearl Harbor? That was in December? Lt. Cmdr. McGoo: Ahhm, yes sir. But we didn't hear about it till February this year when a Federal Agent came up the holler to bust up Uncle Efram's still. Col. "Red Mike" Edson, CO, 1st Marine Raider Bn & Acting CO, Allied Forces, Tanna: So you are all related, then? Lt. Cmdr. McGoo: Yes, sir. We are all kin. Why, cousin Lemule here, his pappy is my nephew Ezekial and his momma is my great niece and grandaughter. Col. "Red Mike" Edson, CO, 1st Marine Raider Bn & Acting CO, Allied Forces, Tanna: Oh, Good Lord! Lt. Cmdr. McGoo: Yes sir. The Good Lord has been kind to the McGoos. We all have our health. Hmmm...zis is the vurst case of Walleye vision I haf seen. A transrectal hemipupilectomy is in order. Nurse! (Sorry to hijack, Cap, just seeing if I can plumb the depths of your reader's movie trivia base for another aviator with incredibly poor vision...)
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