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We were thousands of miles from anywhere, in the South Indian Ocean at the time, running our Easting down, but the cook got the idea into his addled head that we were lying in Boston Harbour, and that I wouldn't let him go ashore.
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The liquor mounted in the heads of all of us, and the talk of Scotty and the harpooner was upon running the Easting down, gales off the
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I've run my Easting down, but I never saw anything like that.
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If you're not familiar with the term 73 Easting, well, you may remember the mother of all briefings.
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CONAN: Well, that battle was at a place called 73 Easting on the maps.
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If you're not familiar with the term 73 Easting, well, you may remember the mother of all briefings.
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Col. MACGREGOR: Well, 73 Easting is a north-south gridline.
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He's the author of "Warrior's Rage: The Great Tank Battle of 73 Easting" and joins us here in Studio 3A.
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Col. MACGREGOR: Well, 73 Easting is a north-south gridline.
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CONAN: Well, that battle was at a place called 73 Easting on the maps.
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