By Judy Robinson, Associate Member
– Kirkwood, Mo.
Watching movies about the Navy such as Mr. Roberts and Away All Boats on TV recently had my husband Ron remembering some of the slang used aboard the LST 1156. Of course the Army and Marines might have had slightly different ways of saying the same things.
We thought we’d put together a compilation of slang in the form of a test of your memory. Give it a shot!
1. An LST was often called a seagoing ______ tub.
2. A look at the shore was a cheap _______.
3. The head of a chow line was a chow ______.
4. The metal chow tray was a _____.
5. Creamed beef on toast was ______ on a shingle.
6. A seaman’s deck duties made him a ______.
7. A generous sailor given to carousing was a good time ______.
8. A boot camp recruit was a fresh ______.
9. Our Hospital Corpsman was known as a ______ pusher.
10. The radioman was a ______ artist.
11. At breakfast you are asked to pass the bottle of ______ for the eggs.
12. After an inspection we looked to get a ______.
13. An Ensign with three month training was a ______.
14. Our underwear were ______.
15. It was a drinking fountain, it was gossip, it was ______.
Did you give it a shot?
