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Well done, you are correct.The only dress code Monty ever issued was in North Africa, when passing an army truck, he noticed a naked soldier wearing a top hat in the back of it, who on seeing the general got up and gave him a very dignified bow with a tip of the hat. Monty just laughed at this and carried on, but later he thought about it and decided the soldiers conduct was perhaps going a little too far, so he issued this order "Soldiers of the Eighth Army are not to wear Top Hats".
I'll pass on the turn.[/QUOTE]ok.
In that case let's stick with clothing.
What caused a famous US general to lose his trousers
Similar to what I'm looking for, but 70+ years too earlyI know of one but that was during the civil war: In the evening of March 9, 1865, Confederate Calvary under General Joseph Wheeler surprised General H. Judson Kilpatrick's command at Monroe's Crossing, SC. On top of the order to carry out the surprise invasion of Kilpatrick's command center, Gen. Wheeler's southerners were also told to capture the Yankee commander in his sleep. Fortunately for Kilpatrick, he was able to flee and avoid capture, but unfortunately, according to reports, he left his pants behind…
Correct, but I'm unsure about the chain of command quote as he later boarded the RN sub trouserless, and I'm sure they could have provided him with some trousers without that amount of messing about.Yea, I know. OK been thinking (don't do it very often, hurts) I seem to recall a story involving General Mark W. Clark and a secret mission prior to Operation Torch. Clark and a few others were taken by sub to a small village near Algiers to meet with one of the Vichy leaders in North Africa. Clark carried a few thousand in gold with him (don't remember why). After meeting with the Vichy leader they tried to return to the sub but the seas were up and their tiny boat threatened to capsize. Clark, afraid he'd drown with the gold weighing him down took off his pants. In his haste to get on the sub his pants and gold were left in the boat which drifted away. It (boat) was found later on the beach, Clark's pants were recovered, but the gold was AWOL. I also recall that in true military fashion Clark ordered a General to remove his pants who then ordered a colonel who ordered a Captain to remove his pants who in turn ordered a lieutenant to remove his. Chain of command
He was a pilot who once told an inexperienced pilot in his unit who had an enemy fighter on his tail and who was pleading for advice, "Bail out, you bed-wetter!"OK, an easy one. Name the fighter ace who was grounded twice for poor eyesight (small slivers of glass in his eyes) and had to memorize the eye-chart in order to fly again
Pbehn, you got it, apparently vision is not a requirement for a fighter pilot. Your turn, Tally Ho