[5Madman2]

Once Upon a time...=Fairy Tale

This is no BS...=War Story

There I was...=Complete Horses##t

At least that’s the way I heard it.

[Billthedrill]

I did TOO shoot down the Red Baron!

...he got better...

[U S Army EOD]

But you get a pass for, “And there I was”, if told in a bar two hours after it opens.

[Joe 6-pack]

And the granddaddy of them all...

"There we were, knee deep in hand grenade pins...."

[EveningStar]

This is the way I originally heard it :)

Q: What’s the difference between a fairy tale and a sea story.

A: A fairy tale begins, “Once upon a time...” A sea story begins, “Now this ain’t no shit...”