[U S Army EOD]

I would supect it was probably part of the Bader-Meinhoff gang. They were very active at that time. They put bombs in several military targets such as the Abrams Building and Officers club in Frankfurt, the Airforce Officers club in Weisbatten, and several other places. I don't think your incident made the newspapers because they would try to keep something like that quiet. You are lucky the guy didn't nail you because he was trying to kill you.

[Hunble]

Actually, you are correct. It was the Bader-Meinhoff gang which was responsible for that attack.

Not many people today even know who they were.

You just impressed me with your historical knowledge.

I was very lucky, since the bullet only penetrated my leg after bouncing off of a rock. Poor aiming by the shooter and darn lucky for myself.

I was able to call by radio for support, and had two Cobra attack helicopters attacking his location within two minutes. Now that was impressive to watch!

But back to the subject: I know all about field artillery nuclear weapons.

It is absolute stupidity to eliminate them from our military options today!