h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

My dad was in the US Army in WWII. He never talked much about what he did, or how he was injured (he still had shrapnel scars on his back). The only story he told that I remember was his week-long posting as a forward observer in the Pacific. He gathered canned rations for several days (labels washed off due to an earlier flood in the storage area) and took his post in a pineapple plantation overlooking a straight where Japanese ships could pass. He only ran into one problem during his assignment. Nearly every can he opened was pineapple in some form (crushed, sliced, juice). In all the years since he never again ate pineapple.

Firstly, Welcome, justquietman. I hope you find this place suits you. Thanks for the memory. It can be included but perhaps not just at the moment, as the appropriate place for it is in 'Part 1, pre 1960s' which is temporarily in Peer review and locked as being *finished*, see http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A61210559 [and the PR thread is at:] http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/F48874?thread=7178994 If it (the article) is approved, I may be able to add yours in before it goes to the editors. If it's not approved, then I'll be offering all four articles to , in which case adding yours in will be straightforward (before sending it to them). Now, if you'll go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/F19585?thread=7042960&skip=160&show=20 and add a post with what you've put in this one, we'll have everything in one place & my brain won't get stretched beyond my tether (that bit's not a promise, by the way). - Anyone else watching who may want to contribute (or just read the thread), it starts at http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/F19585?thread=7042960&skip=0&show=20