[R. Scott]

When I was medivaced my rifle stayed on the boat. A US Navy passenger going back to Da Nang was given it to use for the fight back down river. When I returned from the hospital I saw a nice line of holes in the canopy. It seems no one told him it was full auto. He took careful aim with the rifle laying gently in his left hand. He squeezed the trigger. He fired of 20 rounds at full auto.
He sat behind the sandbags the rest of the trip.

[Veeram]

Thanks for your service to our country !

[archy]

When I was medivaced my rifle stayed on the boat. A US Navy passenger going back to Da Nang was given it to use for the fight back down river. When I returned from the hospital I saw a nice line of holes in the canopy. It seems no one told him it was full auto. He took careful aim with the rifle laying gently in his left hand. He squeezed the trigger. He fired of 20 rounds at full auto.
He sat behind the sandbags the rest of the trip.

One of the interesting armourer jobs I got while recovering from a badly-infected small arms hit to my lower back was grinding the bayonet lugs off some 200 early M16 rifles being handed over to our Vietnamese ARVN allies as American forces were getting M16A1s. The rifles were to be fitted with XM148 40mm grenade launchers, and it seems that during the Tet '68 fighting, one earlier ARVN grenadier fired off his XM148 with the bayonet locked in place on his rifle.

Ooops.