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To: Retain Mike

Nothing feels as unnatural as being inside an armored vehicle and rolling down a ramp knowing it ends over 150 feet of water. It just feels wrong...


17 posted on 07/27/2021 11:45:06 AM PDT by DesertRhino (A coup government may not claim the protection of the same constitution it overthrew. )
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To: DesertRhino

Oh, I so understand. By my time overseas, the LVTP5 had been through years of the Vietnam war. They were just barely buoyant and leaked from every seam. I was a Navy boat group officer and was so happy when my duty did not put me inside one those.


22 posted on 07/27/2021 1:02:49 PM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: DesertRhino

You pray your bilge pumps and watertight seals work REALLY good!


23 posted on 07/27/2021 1:03:03 PM PDT by egfowler3 (Still a Deplorable, a 'Clinger', a Christian 'Infidel', an American & 'vast right-wing conspirator')
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