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)
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