The US Navy DH-4 acts as the eyes of the expedition
Pointman with Local Guide seek high ground
First Squad behind Lanchester armoured car
Second Squad move through jungle pass
Rear Guard stays frosty
The entire Marine Expeditionary Force
The American Marines have arrived in Dahomey: This time it's war!
They're Marines old chap, it can't be war.
ReplyDeleteAre you not aware that 10,000 Marines may attack your land, lay waste to your cities and destroy your fastnesses, but it is still a police action...
...but if one Army boot touches the ground...
...then it's war.
It's true!
ReplyDeleteHowever, in my defence: "This Time it's a Police Action" would neither put the civilian population at ease nor give any impression of impending wrath (and doesn't quite achieve the Aliens effect I was going for).
To allow the facts to get in the way of the story for a moment, I think the Marine Corps were first into action in the Spanish-American War (obvioulsy a simpler age)
Lol. Nice objection ! As we say on your side of the Channel : "They think that they're world cops but they also think we're all robbers !"
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