Piss call

[<RonaldS842@aol.com>]

Hi all-

   I suppose "piss call" has meant different things to different guys in 
different wars. My war was Korea.
   SP was wake up at oh-three-hundred, but we used Zebra Time in those days 
so that everyone always knew what time it was, no matter where you were. Then 
breakfast and briefing. And a shuffling out to the flight line. Another 
routine day at the office. 
   It was still a half hour till dawn and the air was colder than Hell in 
that part of the world before the son comes up. Remember how it used to nip 
your nose and ears? And the cold heavy mist kind of swerled around and held 
visibility down. But it lifted fast.
   It was like a beautiful picture, the line of F-84s as far as you could see 
in the mist, all facing the asphalt runway. 
   And along side each plane was the pilot taking time to releave himself. We 
called this the "piss call" and it was routine.
   Kidneys and bowel were the airmans worst enemy on long missions. I've 
heard stories about aircrews using their helmets to crap in when it was 
necessary. I always wondered about the choice if you were under attack and 
needed to wear the helmet for protection.
   Well, I suppose things have change but I still wonder, with all the women 
pilots today, how they would have handled the "piss call".

Ron