Re: [OT] Suggested Sci-Fi

Thanks!
My friend has been turning his house upsidedown searching for that book.
Too bad we lost the book....:(

Donald Hosford

s666@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Donald Hosford wrote:
>
> > My friend bought this series.  I got the chance to read it, and I
love it!
> > Just one question...Does anyone who still can find their copy tell
me what the
> > "patch" said.
> > (For those who don't know...after the first book all of the first
expedition
> > members recieved a "patch" that said something like "We went all the
way to
> > mars, and had to throw away the beer." -- read the first book...8D)
> >
> > Could someone please tell me what exactly that phrase was?	My
friend
> > "temporarily misplaced" the book with the phrase in it...8(
>
> They give a description of the badge in Luna Marine. Its a shield
shaped
> badge with 2 crossed rifles over a red disk representing Mars. Over
top of
> the rifles is a gold, white and gray cylinder for the beer can. At the
top
> of the badge is "Hops Vincet", the USMC version of the Latin for "Beer
> Conquers". At the bottom is ATWTMATMUTATB which stands for "All the
way to
> Mars and they made us throw away the beer".
>
> Sean Dzafovic