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and
never
even
see
my
regimental
commander
.
The
Roughnecks
had
a
company
commander
but
he
also
commanded
the
first
platoon
(
"
Hornets
"
)
in
another
corvette
;
I
did
n't
know
his
name
until
I
saw
it
on
my
orders
to
O.
C.
S
.
There
is
a
legend
about
a
"
lost
platoon
"
that
went
on
R
&
R
as
its
corvette
was
decommissioned
.
Its
company
commander
had
just
been
promoted
and
the
other
platoons
had
been
attached
tactically
elsewhere
.
I
've
forgotten
what
happened
to
the
platoon
's
lieutenant
but
R
&
R
is
a
routine
time
to
detach
an
officer
--
theoretically
after
a
relief
has
been
sent
to
understudy
him
,
but
reliefs
are
always
scarce
.
They
say
this
platoon
enjoyed
a
local
year
of
the
fleshpots
along
Churchill
Road
before
anybody
missed
them
.
I
do
n't
believe
it
.
But
it
could
happen
.
The
chronic
scarcity
of
officers
strongly
affected
my
duties
in
Blackie
's
Blackguards
.
The
M.
I.
has
the
lowest
percentage
of
officers
in
any
army
of
record
and
this
factor
is
just
part
of
the
M.
I.
's
unique
"
divisional
wedge
.
"
"
D.
W.
"
is
military
jargon
but
the
idea
is
simple
:
If
you
have
l0
,000
soldiers
,
how
many
fight
?
And
how
many
just
peel
potatoes
,
drive
lorries
,
count
graves
,
and
shuffle
papers
?
In
the
M.
I.
,
10,000
men
fight
.
In
the
mass
wars
of
the
XXth
century
it
sometimes
took
70,000
men
(
fact
!
)
to
enable
10,000
to
fight
.
I
admit
it
takes
the
Navy
to
place
us
where
we
fight
;
however
,
an
M.
I.
strike
force
,
even
in
a
corvette
,
is
at
least
three
times
as
large
as
the
transport
's
Navy
crew
.
It
also
takes
civilians
to
supply
and
service
us
;
about
10
per
cent
of
us
are
on
R
&
R
at
any
time
;
and
a
few
of
the
very
best
of
us
are
rotated
to
instruct
at
boot
camps
.
While
a
few
M.
I.
are
on
desk
jobs
you
will
always
find
that
they
are
shy
an
arm
or
leg
,
or
some
such
.
These
are
the
ones
--
the
Sergeant
Hos
and
the
Colonel
Nielssens
--
who
refuse
to
retire
,
and
they
really
ought
to
count
twice
since
they
release
able-bodied
M.
I.
by
filling
jobs
which
require
fighting
spirit
but
not
physical
perfection
.
They
do
work
that
civilians
ca
n't
do
or
we
would
hire
civilians
.
Civilians
are
like
beans
;
you
buy
'
em
as
needed
for
any
job
which
merely
requires
skill
and
savvy
.
But
you
ca
n't
buy
fighting
spirit
.
