When we jumped into Sicily, the units became separated, and I couldn't
find anyone. Eventually I stumbled across two colonels, a major,
three captains, two lieutenants, and one rifleman, and we secured the
bridge. Never in the history of war have so few been led by so many.
-- General James Gavin
So Richard and I decided to try to catch [the small shark].
With a great deal of strategy and effort and shouting, we managed to
maneuver the shark, over the course of about a half-hour, to a sort of
corner of the lagoon, so that it had no way to escape other than to
flop up onto the land and evolve....