Re: True SCA Story?

[Kathleen M Hogan <kathleen.hogan@juno.com>]

Poster: Kathleen M Hogan <kathleen.hogan@juno.com>

On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 20:41:52 -0500 Brenna <sunnie@exis.net> writes:
Poster: Brenna <sunnie@exis.net>
>Yes, but aren't urban legends fun.  What about the one where the 
>Russians were sending spy planes over to get pics of the manuevers on
>one of our  aircraft carriers.  One of the officers ordered all the
>SCAdians onboard to  muster ondeck with all the heraldry and >equipment
they had with them and hold  fighter practice.
>The story goes that they had a great deal of fun listening to the 
>conversations the Russians had trying to figure what in the heck the
>Navy was  training for this time.

I hadn't heard that one, but the true part of it is that there was a
scheduled fighter practice (this was some years ago) of the incipient
shire on the carrier.  A russian sub spotted it, but when the sub
commander tried to report it to his superiors, they accused him of
drinking on duty.  My ex- husband was Army Signal Corps and working at a
listening post when it came through.  Being as how he and one of his
co-workers were both SCA, they thought it was hilarious.  The tale has
been modified and embroidered upon over the years, but it is based on a
true story.


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