• PugJesus@piefed.socialOPM
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    Explanation From Wiki:

    [During the D-Day Landings] By 15 June, the troops had advanced to the edge of Texas’s gun range; her last fire support mission was so far inland that to get the needed range, the starboard torpedo blister was flooded with water to provide a list of two degrees which gave the guns enough elevation to complete the fire mission.

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      How do you know so much, I’m always impressed by your posts. Thank you for them!

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        On Rome, and to a more limited degree, the medieval and early modern periods, it’s a lifetime of fascination. On most other subjects, I’m just reposting other people’s memes and googling the context! XD