To: P8riot
I was in a Marine artillery battery that was part of the next float that was to relieve this unit before the bombing. I was scheduled to get discharged into the reserves right before my unit left. My first sergant asked me if I wanted to go on this float. I had to extend for 4 four years which I did not want to do at that time.
My unit made a little pit stop to liberate a little island south of Cuba before they went on to Lebanon. I ran into a bunch of my buddies that were still in that battery two years later. They told me they pumped out the rounds (175mm). They were traversing the guns and firing at will. Not just my unit, but others, 35,000 rounds of 105, 155, 175, 8 inch and 16 inch shells...
7 posted on
10/23/2008 5:31:27 PM PDT by
fatez
("If you're going through Hell, keep going." Winston Churchill)
To: fatez
NY Slimes Op-Ed Contributor
From Beirut to 9/11
By Robert C. McFarlane-Published October 22, 2008
16 posted on
10/23/2008 6:07:36 PM PDT by
freema
(MarineNiece,Daughter,Wife,Friend,Sister,Friend,Aunt,Friend,Mother,Friend,Cousin, FRiend)
To: fatez
18 posted on
10/23/2008 6:35:09 PM PDT by
freema
(MarineNiece,Daughter,Wife,Friend,Sister,Friend,Aunt,Friend,Mother,Friend,Cousin, FRiend)
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