And air conditioning in the North Atlantic and steam heat in the Caribbean! Plus they never got to go boozing with snipes, still my favorite activity from what little I remember of it...Never understood all the running around and flying around to get yourself killed when you can sit inside a haze gray hulk and die without lifting a finger. And in fashionable period "Shawshank Redemption" uniforms to boot.
Still bothers me we had to sleep in coffins and they get those spiffy holes in the mud with a poncho roof...;)