Richard Hough Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: 1922 - October 7, 1999
Birthday: 1922
Death: October 7
Since time immemorial it had been the custom before a sea battle for the men to wash and don clean clothes in case of being wounded. This was all the more necessary under these circumstances, as many of them were still covered with coal dust.
source: Richard Hough (2003). “Naval Battles of the Twentieth Century”, p.33, The Overlook Press
topic: Men, Dust, Sea, Maritime, Clean Clothes
