After completing medical officer basic training, I was assigned to a small Army post. I noticed a large curved device supported by a labyrinth of steel girders. Anxious to show off my new knowledge of air-defense system, I pointed to the structure and said, “So that's our primary target acquisition radar?” “No, sir,” the sergeant replied. “That's the back of the drive-in movie screen.”
在完成了醫(yī)官的基本軍事訓(xùn)練以后,我被分配到陸軍的一個(gè)小兵營(yíng)去工作。我注意到一個(gè)由復(fù)雜的鋼梁結(jié)構(gòu)支撐的巨大的曲線裝置。我急于顯示我剛學(xué)來(lái)的空中防御系統(tǒng)的知識(shí),就指著這個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)說(shuō):“那么,這就是我們的一級(jí)目標(biāo)采集雷達(dá)啰?”中士說(shuō):“不是,長(zhǎng)官。這是免下車露天電影院屏幕的背面?!?