FOXHOLES LTeeF, I can remember after being there for some months we started putting a firing position between the tracks every night. Easy enough in the sand at Qua Viet but a real pain in the ass in some of the soil out west. I started taking the tankers bar and sledge hammer and punching a hole down about 12 inches into the ground with the tankers bar and them stuffing it full of C4. A quick placement of a claymore blasting cap and a walk to the other side of the tank and BOOM we had the finest foxhole US taxpayers could buy. You remember that? Malan
Hey Jerry,
I remember we used to cheat.....we would dig under the APC about 8 inches of
sand from under the bottom of the APC, between the tracks, made for a nice, out
of the rain sleep in comfort foxhole G.I.'s are so
resourceful...:-)
Wally
Wally, I remember doing that as well. Can't remember doing it during the rainy season. Don't
remember it ever turning into a swimming pool under there do you? Jerry Jerry,
I remember it was during late January to early April, we had rain, but I can't
remember how much during those months, I do know it rained like a cow pissing
on a flat rock during December and early January 1970.
Wally
RAIN Wally Mendoza wrote:
I wonder how many of our troopers suffer from the same stuff, it makes me crazy
because I have no one to share it with who really understands except you all
out there on this net...
The rain,
The dark,
The quiet,
The little noises,
The movement in the hedge,
The imaginary gooks,
The real gooks,
The tension,
The artillery,
The commo checks at 3am ...
Hi Wally and all Cav Brothers, When
I spoke at the first reunion, I simply mentioned thoughts and memories that
have been stored in my soul for all those many years. You are quite right that
only those who have been there and done that would understand. Many times
since then, as I see and listen to the rain, I think to myself "Thank God
I don't have to sleep in this shit tonight". Not to mention all the other
things that went along with those long nights, such as being scared, nervous,
and wondering if this might be the night some of us may buy the farm. Hearing that others have the same thoughts, memories and feelings
as I have validated my own. EARL
(40)
Hi Wally,
You are so right about the rain. Trying to stay dry, and
the mud! I remember the day four or five of us were sent to ATroop,
it rained all day. Got to Quang Tri and the First Sgt. pointed to this new tent
still folded up, and said this is your home. Put it up! Nice
to just look out the window now.
Mack.
Can't figure out the problem with the
rain. I was talking to my office staff about it today and I was
telling them that it is so strange that Nam vets have a problem with flashbacks
and little sounds, and the sounds of rain, and the smell of diesel and all that
shit, and I was saying how it does not affect other veterans from other wars as
much as us.... I mentioned that perhaps it has to do with the distance from
home we were....Korea was just as far, North Africa was as far, Europe was far
as hell also, but Nam was not only far from home it was......"10,000 MILES
AWAY!!!!!" I don't give a shit how far