To: Zhang Fei; Robe
I was never close to becoming A POW because where we were, we would never allow ourselves to be taken alive. The enemy would have played with us a bit and then executed us. I was with a Marine Rifle Company as their artillery Scout, so I was responsible for quickly and accurately directing artillery on the enemy. Another reason not to be taken.
"Life Threatening"? - every single day. I finally got hit in May'67 and spent 7 months in various hospitals - and when that blessed Medevac helicopter got to us, a kept an M26 frag grenade in my hand in case we went down.
Like I said, it was a bad area to be captured.
69 posted on
02/27/2024 7:06:18 PM PST by
Chainmail
(How do I feel about ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
To: Chainmail
[”Life Threatening”? - every single day. I finally got hit in May’67 and spent 7 months in various hospitals - and when that blessed Medevac helicopter got to us, a kept an M26 frag grenade in my hand in case we went down.
Like I said, it was a bad area to be captured.]
No question life at the point of the spear was always life-threatening. I was referring to nearly getting greased by friendly fire from errant friendly rounds from CAS pilots trying to dump their ordnance on the enemy while avoiding enemy fire, at a time when smart bombs hadn’t been invented, which meant going in low and slow, thereby presenting fat targets to the enemy.
74 posted on
02/27/2024 7:40:39 PM PST by
Zhang Fei
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