Posted on Aug 21, 2015
How Many of You Have Taken This Ride or Know Someone Who Did?
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(Click on the photo and it opens up quite a bit, making it easier to see.)
You can see where the groundies blew down the trees for us so we could lower the basket.
A typhoon had blown through the day before at 150 kts and we spent the entire next day, picking up grunts with broken arms and legs.
I know what you guys are thinking and in fact, when we got back, our Platoon Leader, a Major, who had just transferred from Germany (you remember what duty in Germany was like back then, yes?) came over to us when we got back, took a long look at me and suggested it was 'time to hit those boots with a little polish'.
Here's to you, Major Norris.
You can see where the groundies blew down the trees for us so we could lower the basket.
A typhoon had blown through the day before at 150 kts and we spent the entire next day, picking up grunts with broken arms and legs.
I know what you guys are thinking and in fact, when we got back, our Platoon Leader, a Major, who had just transferred from Germany (you remember what duty in Germany was like back then, yes?) came over to us when we got back, took a long look at me and suggested it was 'time to hit those boots with a little polish'.
Here's to you, Major Norris.
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A Captain in Nha Trang, stopped me and another 1LT for not wearing our Berets and not "breaking starch"(we just came back from the field) we couldn't stop laughing until we got our first beer. :-)
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SSG Paul Forel
He actually treated us pretty well by leaving us alone which was the general policy of the Bn Cmmdr. We were co-located at Bn Hq so his policy with all the senior NCO's and officers was to leave us alone -considering the job we had- and not tag us for boots or haircuts. I was unfamiliar with the Major's 'dry sense of humor' so I have to admit, he did have me standing there, staring at him for a moment.
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