In a related (barely) aside.

Off Topic » in reply to WWII vets would comment on it sometimes.

ER — 9/16/2012 8:59:46 PM (archived)

The reason those sailors operating 40mm Bofors mounts in the old WWII movies wear those gigantic Darth Vader style helmets is because they needed a tin hat that would fit over their telephone headsets. By the time I got in, those had disappeared.

The whole thread (9 posts)

Anyone familiar with "sound-powered phones"? - ER - 9/16/2012 1:02:15 AM
- The anonymity of those things led to some chicanery. - bowser - 9/16/2012 5:01:53 AM
  - I never heard of anything like that. - ER - 9/16/2012 12:43:21 PM
    - WWII vets would comment on it sometimes. - bowser - 9/16/2012 8:47:56 PM
      - In a related (barely) aside. - ER - 9/16/2012 8:59:46 PM
        
        In an even less related aside. - bowser - 9/16/2012 11:11:46 PM
        
        I don't really know if that's true. - ER - 9/17/2012 1:06:39 AM
        
        Upon reflection, I would bet it is. - bowser - 9/17/2012 6:01:40 PM
        
        I know it happened all the time. - ER - 9/17/2012 6:35:13 PM

Recent posts

The whole thread (9 posts)

Related discussions