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To: Little Bill

I remember the order coming down during Lam Sahn 719 for

tankers to be inside the tanks.Those rpg’s would do a number

On ‘em.Saw many with the top of the hull flapping when they

were being retreived

They also ordered everyone to wear flak jackets and pots


115 posted on 07/27/2012 7:26:47 PM PDT by Harold Shea (RVN `70 - `71)
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To: Harold Shea
I wasn't clear APCs, Arcavs. When I first went over the grunts rode inside of the M-113 a mine or an RPG produced the equivalent of MUNG, if you remember the old joke.

When I went back on my second tour, 1967, the grunts rode on top. The only people who rode with their legs inside were gunners on a gun track with pots and flack jackets. Not that they helped much if you got in the way of the splash from an RPG.

133 posted on 07/28/2012 11:06:09 AM PDT by Little Bill
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