Posted on 10/05/2015 5:45:18 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
You were there when I was there. We had just finished the course when they pulled us all aside and searched for any saved rounds and then told us what had happened. I had to wait for orders in casual and I got to read the report in the battalion office. The theory was reasonably convincing and the pictures of the round fragment that hit him indicated that something had fractured it before it hit him. There were fixed 50 cals firing at the time, we were at the top of the hill watching while that group was going through and they were definitely firing. The dispute in the report was whether or not it was the tip of a 50 cal round or an M16 round; there was no way of telling.
Oh, I forgot about the explosions and the warnings NOT to climb into one of those fox holes. :)
Of course it was not until I got to Viet Nam that the real OJT took place.
Of course it was not until I got to Viet Nam that the real OJT took place.
I left the Army and went to the Navy in 63 so didn't crawl thru the jungle I just kept our crew fed. Got out in 65 sadly disillusioned.
Probably coincidence but it's still enough to make one say "hmmmmmm".
Yeah, I saw a couple of threads about it after I posted here.
When I heard the news about Ft. Campbell this evening on Channel 5, I remembered seeing your thread last night and looked it up.
Thanks!
Thank you for the update. Very sad. He was so young.
Rest in peace, Lance Cpl. Schraft.
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