August 15th, 1917Thanks for reading Dash Fire Diaries! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Diary of Sir Ernest Shackleton We are on the ground now after having had a few minor difficulties with Her Majesty’s Airship No. 21, Zeta, also known as “The Flying Tubesteak.” Things went sideways right off. When our new commander showed up to take charge, one Major Horace Browntrout, it seems he and our famous second-in-command Theodore Roosevelt knew each other and had some kind of feud in the past. They appeared shocked and dismayed to see one another. After Browntrout unsealed and read our orders, he explained that our unit was to be called Browntrout’s Bicycle Brigade henceforward. Hearing this, Roosevelt chuffed, stamped his foot, rolled his eyes and muttered oaths under his breath but said nothing more.
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