https://www.isegoria.net/2014/12/noisemaking/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 21 May 2026 16:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2014/12/noisemaking/comment-page-1/#comment-2011343 Old Coyote Wed, 24 Dec 2014 18:15:42 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36941#comment-2011343 I worked with WWII vets on the floor of a Navy Shipyard machine shop. If a large piece of plate metal accidentally dropped to the floor, those old fellows fell to the floor as well, trembling almost in a fit. It was explained to me that they had experienced inland naval bombardments. Vietnam vets who called in close support aerial bombing often are ruined for life as well.

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