Gunnery Officer

Famous quotes containing the words gunnery and/or officer:

    “It’s gunnery practice out at sea
    Just as before you went below;
    The world is as it used to be”
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

    “I who have cursed
    The drunken officer of British rule, how choose
    Between this Africa and the English tongue I love?
    Betray them both, or give back what they give?
    How can I face such slaughter and be cool?
    How can I turn from Africa and live?”
    —Derek Walcott (b. 1930)