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To: buckalfa

I remember what we called a starlight scope handed to me

by top sarge.He handled it like it was nitroglycerin.Be

careful with this thing as I took it out of its case.

Bet one of these things a med-evac crew of today uses is

like daylight.


12 posted on 03/18/2019 5:13:25 PM PDT by Harold Shea (VN vet)
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To: Harold Shea
"Bet one of these things a med-evac crew of today uses is like daylight."

Pretty much but daughter said it could be disorienting. Too many light sources could cause glare blindness but the equipment was their savior in marginal night weather and in unfamiliar rural areas. Their training emphasized when to use and when not to use.

22 posted on 03/20/2019 6:46:49 AM PDT by buckalfa (I was so much older then, but I'am younger than that now.)
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