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To: miele man

I was in B-4-1 ten years later in Feb 1977 I'll always remember the place and the water tower at the top of the hill. I spent alot of time out in the street in the front lean & rest.


11 posted on 12/15/2005 11:07:52 PM PST by MP5SD
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To: MP5SD

Yes, I recall the water tower but everything across the road behind our barracks was off limits. After qualifying on the rifle range, some of us were allowed to cross the road to a small snack bar that served 3.2 beer. Gosh, it was horrible.

I still laugh when I think about the NG from my platoon who was made to low crawl inside his firing position on the rifle range. As you know, there was barely enough room for one person to stand up in it and the DI had the rather round kid crawling around in it. He had almost shot the DI when he pointed a loaded M-14 away from down range and "at" the DI. Needless to say, the rest of us became even more vigilant about what we were doing on the range. This same kid would fall out of formation when we did double time runs just to cross an intersection.


13 posted on 12/16/2005 9:18:27 AM PST by miele man
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