Officers came and went and were never a part of daily life.

David Halberstam
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After serving in the Royal Navy for forty years, Winston Churchill’s words about the Navy and the officers who served there were true. Officers never were a part of daily life and they were never trusted. People did not talk about their lives and the lives of their loved ones as much as they talked about the lives of those who served in the Navy. As a result, many people took that as an insult rather than as a compliment.

Source: Firehouse

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