AJChenMPH
Forum Health Inspector
TWO SEABEE BUDDIES AND I arrived in Sydney, Australia, after combat duty in Vietnam. We rented the flashiest civvies we could afford from the concession stand at the military center and set out to explore the city.
Our first stop was a popular hotel bar. As we shouldered our way through the throng, the bartender boomed out, "Eh there, mates clear a way for the Yanks." The crowd parted, and the bartender quickly set before us three pints of Sydney's best. I inquired how he knew we were Americans.
"How'd I know you was Yanks?" he said. "I may not have seen you before, but your suits've been here a dozen times!"
--Contributed to "Humor In Uniform" by J. F. Leahy
Provided Courtesy of Reader's Digest.
Our first stop was a popular hotel bar. As we shouldered our way through the throng, the bartender boomed out, "Eh there, mates clear a way for the Yanks." The crowd parted, and the bartender quickly set before us three pints of Sydney's best. I inquired how he knew we were Americans.
"How'd I know you was Yanks?" he said. "I may not have seen you before, but your suits've been here a dozen times!"
--Contributed to "Humor In Uniform" by J. F. Leahy
Provided Courtesy of Reader's Digest.
