Posted on 02/06/2016 4:24:24 PM PST by FunkyZero
For now I’m going to leave names out of this because he didn’t want his name out there but I’ve confirmed the story with people that were there and know him so if you do know his name please don’t post it in the comments.
(Excerpt) Read more at gruntstuff.com ...
Wouldn’t be surprised if it were true. I’ve heard more than one first-hand accounts, most from Rangers incidentally, of hand-to-hand kills.
I know of a man that killed a Japnese soldier with a screwdriver in a latrine at night.
That, my FReeoer friends, is truly hardcore.
War ain’t quite what Hollowood wants to portray it is.
Good story.
Watch out for pop-up ads and such, if you go to that site....
I hope I didn’t post an ad-bait story. I don’t usually notice because of adblock
Good stuff (improvise), good site, and just close the pop-ups. Many, many sites have them.
Well . . . maybe. I would have thought that at some point the Ranger’s buddies might have assisted when the fight was in doubt.
I guess it could have happened the way it was written.
I would have thought they`d be made of metal, aluminum at least, if not stainless.
fyi - I’m running Mozilla with AdBlock - not a single popup for me on that page...
(additionally I run FlashBlock)
The utensils issues with the mess kits are metal; those issued with MREs are plastic/disposable.
The funny thing about MREs, each contains a pack of toilet paper. The MRE blocks you up so bad, you usually eat about 10 before having a BM which is convenient because it takes at least 10 packs of TB to take care of your business after eating MREs.
How’s about a tea cup vis a vi The Chronicles of Riddick?
That toilet paper packet is tiny; a former Marine described to me how they were shown to continuously fold the sheets to make them last (to do the whole job).
The little Tabasco sauce bottles are great; they aren’t so much for flavor as much as to let you pretend the food was cooked (if you have to eat them cold). The MRE heaters are incredible; just add water and a chemical reaction heats it up...
My uncle said there was hand to hand during a rescue of hostages at a Korean POW camp that held NORTH Koreans.
I forget the specifics. Seems a higher up went to the camp and got himself kidnapped.
I would put a little sand or dirt from each place I was deployed in one of those little Tobasco bottles and label it. Some day I’ll dig them out of storage and show the grand kids.
Never eat the brownies, Doc!
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