Don't laugh, The army trained for combat using Daisy BB Guns.
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2016 @ 11:20 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Knowing where you are is very important when you need fire support, but it is more important that the fire support crew know where you are.
Published: Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016 @ 12:22 am
By: Bobby Tony
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My son said that saying use to make him so mad he could scream.
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 @ 11:06 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Am I allowed to have a favorite Vietnam Story? Allowed or not, this is my favorite. You may think it is too long but it's not.
Published: Monday, March 14th, 2016 @ 3:17 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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He was the most decorated soldier of World War II and a movie star, but many do not know the rest of his story.
Published: Sunday, February 7th, 2016 @ 9:06 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Pepsi admits that its bottled water is just Tap Water
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:38 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Charlie Haughey was the battalion photographer for my battalion in the 25th Division during my time in Vietnam.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @ 4:25 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Conscientious Objectors (COs) could serve as Chaplains or Medics and op out of carrying weapons.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 @ 10:52 am
By: Ted McDonald
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As the Vietnam series nears completion, I was looking for another Bobby Tony article to plagiarize and found this one.
Published: Sunday, September 27th, 2015 @ 5:12 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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After Navy boot camp, I attended Tech school with half Marine students and a few Marine instructors and on ship they provided Brig (jail) guards.
Published: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 @ 5:04 am
By: Ted McDonald
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After my draft physical, I called a friend who joined the Air Force and hoped to work on dry land in Japan or Thailand.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 3:57 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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A Marine RVN Vet Helicopter door gunner said the Warrant officers were enlisted guys who finished boot camp, 10 weeks of Warrant Officer training and 18 month of helicopter flight training. You had to be at least 18 years old.
Published: Friday, September 11th, 2015 @ 3:59 am
By: Ted McDonald
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I doubt if there will ever be a robot that can calculate the value of a human life.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 5:46 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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There were entertainers in all branches of the service who seemed to escape the day to day routines by practicing among buddies while recluses disappeared to read book or write home.
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2015 @ 10:02 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Lt. David Ayers is using a Mortar plot board to locate the target and develop the settings for the Mortar crew. It does not require a map -- just location of the mortar and the location of the Forward Observer.
Published: Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 @ 3:01 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Coming and Going, a Vietnam Story
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2015 @ 3:00 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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No battle field action is reported in this introduction to the jungle. Combat veterans provide the books and movies.
Published: Friday, July 17th, 2015 @ 5:27 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Little boys go to Summer Camp. Men go to Army Camp.
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 6:22 am
By: Ted McDonald
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I took this photo while serving in the USN in 1967.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 7:17 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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I visited the Army recruiter before joining the Navy to see if I could stay home as a conscientious objector but since I was not a seminary student or a member of some strange organization he suggested that I volunteer for the dangerous job of Medic and be exempt from carrying a weapon.
Published: Saturday, July 4th, 2015 @ 12:39 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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I was aboard the USS Enterprise in 1969 when another disaster occurred. I say another because almost weekly something would happen.
Published: Saturday, June 27th, 2015 @ 10:15 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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It does not make any difference what you meant, it is all about who does the translation
Published: Friday, June 26th, 2015 @ 11:34 am
By: Bobby Tony
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A story about Vinny D.
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 @ 10:19 am
By: Bobby Tony
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