1966 !! One hell of a great year!
I was aboard ship as a part of a MAF (Marine Amphibious Force) cruising within international waters off the coast of Russia when we got hit be a huge 3 day storm which the captain claimed was the wildest storm he had ever seeen.
I have no idea why I did not get seasick but of the 1,200+ personnel, the captain and myself and three others were the only individuals to show up in the O mess and each of the Fhilipino mess crew each looked slightly green
This story gets way too long ... but it does involve an international incident .... and I actually got shot in my right eye while on maneuvers in a foreign jungle.
Less than 3 inches away but it was a very weak 'blank' and simply made a "POP!" sound , so I merely ended up with a perfectly round, black-eye.
Sorry! Way too long, so I'll end it here.
OH, SHIT! I thought you said "1966" which was way much better than '86!