There's a likelihood that the USS Punishment may have been painted green-gray overall. I got that impression from page 300 of the hard cover edition of "Walk in Hell". On the sixth paragraph, Turtledove writes that while George Enos was cleaning one of the ship's machine guns, he began to fondle the protective water jacket while thinking of his wife, Sylvia. To quote "He jerked his hand away from the green-gray painted iron as if it had become red-hot....". To me, it wouldn't make any sense that only the machine gun shields were painted green-gray while the rest of the ship would have been painted black or grey, like previous U.S. riverine naval craft. Also, during the Vietnam War, the U.S. Brown Water Navy boats, which more than often supported the ground troops, were painted an overall olive drab. What does everyone else think about this?
Wikimage (talk) 00:40, January 6, 2014 (UTC)
- Possible, though it's also possible they got the machine gun shields from the Army or, more likely, the Marines, and they'd been originally intended for ground combat. I'm really not sure how it matters, seeing as we don't have a picture of the Punishment. Turtle Fan (talk) 02:53, January 7, 2014 (UTC)
Enos First Ashore Or Not?[]
Before being edited, this article said that Enos et al were among those who went ashore for R&R. It now says they were the first for shore leave. My recollection is that there was a rotation among the crew for shore leave and Enos happened to be going ashore when the Punishment was shelled. Have you referenced the story or are you working from memory Jonathan? ML4E (talk) 23:15, August 5, 2016 (UTC)
- Memory.JonathanMarkoff (talk) 23:17, August 5, 2016 (UTC)