THE JUKE BOX

THE WAR WAS OVER. THE SIXTH INFANTRY DIVISION WAS ABOARD SHIPS IN LINGAYEN GULF AWAITING OUR TRIP TO KOREA IN OCTOBER 1945.  AFTER THREE DAYS, WE LEARNED THAT WE WERE AWAITING THE MODERATION OF THE OKINAWA TYPHOON.  WHEN WE FINALLY GOT UNDERWAY, WE EXPERIENCED SOME REALLY ROUGH SEAS AND THREE DAYS OF MISERY BEGAN FOR ME.  I HAD A BAD CASE OF NAUSEA MARA (SEA SICKNESS), AS DID MANY OTHERS.  AT THAT TIME WE DID NOT HAVE DRUGS THAT WOULD GIVE US RELIEF, SO WE SUFFERED.  WE DID NOT EAT, IN FACT THE VERY THOUGHT OF FOOD ONLY WORSENED THE CONDITION.  AT THE END OF THREE DAYS, A BUDDY BROUGHT ME A SANDWICH FROM THE MESS, AND I TASTED GOOD AND I KEPT IT DOWN.  THE MISERY WAS OVER AND I WAS ABLE TO ENJOY THE REST OF THE TRIP TO KUNSAN, KOREA, WHILE REPLENISHING MY BODY FLUIDS.

NAPOLEON ONCE USED CAMELS AS TRANSPORTATION FOR TROOPS AND FOUND THE MOTION OF THE CAMELS MADE THE TROOPS SICK.  SEA SICKNESS HAD SLOWED MANY MILITARY ACTIONS EVER SINCE. SURELY THE EFFICIENCY OF THE TROOPS THAT WENT ASHORE IN THE D-DAY INVASION WAS CUT A LOT, BY THIS MALADY.  FOR MOST SEAGOING PEOPLE TODAY, DRAMIMINE IS THE ANSWER, PROVIDED IT IS ADMINISTERED IN THE PROPER DOSAGE. BUT I HAVE NOT YET CONSIDERED A CRUISE AS A FUN THING TO DO.  

HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED NAUSEA MARA?