During World War II, our bomber crews had to have special diets that avoided foods that created a lot of gas. There really was a good reason since the bombers were unpressurized and no aircrew member liked using the little paper boxes provided in subzero temps.
Except for one navigator.
This rather odd individual would eat like a horse before any mission and then loaded up with plenty of paper boxes that he would "fill" during the trip in.
As his plane would make its bombing run, the navigator would stand near the bomb bay waiting for his moment of fame. As the bomb load would drop, he would add his contributions to the war effort.
His "flingenschissbomben" actually made it into a Stars and Stripes article!
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The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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