Humor in Uniform 2/27/2010

2/27/2010
In Korea, a number of fellow Marines who were raised in the country told those of us from the city how delicious roasted pheasant was. They even persuaded our cook to make the dish, should we be lucky enough to find a few birds. Driving in the countryside soon afterward, I spotted one of them in a tree about 200 yards away. I immediately shot the bird, jumped over a fence and ran across the field to retrieve it. When I got back to my jeep, there were two military policemen waiting for me. I explained what I had done and why, but the sergeant still scowled. “You made two mistakes, son,” he said. “First, that’s a hawk, not a pheasant. Second, you just ran through a minefield.” Lawrence L Voyer