The year is 1980 - dead middle of the Cold War - the place - V Corps HQ, Frankfurt am Main. The time - near midnight. You are part of a German cleaning crew - routine night so far. Suddenly ....
As you approach the communications center, you hear chanting. Coming in view of the interior of the darkened room, you see several US Army soldiers, sitting around a table, with flashlights shining on their faces from below - making an eerie scene. The chant? "Nuke 'em til they glow ... Nuke 'em til they glow ..."
In actuality - me and a bunch of bored out of our mind techs on the mid shift, playing a game of Nuclear War - but you can just imagine the reaction of the Germans!
You REALLY don't wanna know about the faked air strike on Cambodia "overheard" by some people using the military lines to call home 'mid 76 .....
Moral of the story - bored soldiers are liable to do bloody near anything ......
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