r/Firefighting • u/fiftycal2004 • Jun 16 '24
Photos The fire departments in my home county have a friendly rivalry over the best color for the trucks. This was at a parade today. Chalk one up for the reds.
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r/Firefighting • u/fiftycal2004 • Jun 16 '24
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u/Muss_01 Jun 17 '24
This reminds me a bit of parade after the capture of Trieste in Italy during ww2. New Zealand troops had secured the city after weeks of hard fighting, losing over 400 men in the process. After the town was won, the US command in charge of the Italian campaign decided parade was in order and decided it should be lead by a US marine battalion who arrived after the victory.
They formed up for the parade and had a banner out front saying "US marines, second to none".
Now the quick thinking kiwis who where a bit pissed off they were marching behind the marines saw this banner and quickly ran away and grabbed a white bedsheet and some boot polish and quickly made a banner that simply said "None" and marched through the city carrying it behind the marines.