[poet]

And the source for this is??? Since she was in maintenance, what arsenal did they have? a sidearm? A rifle? A bazooka?

[MCFujiTanker]

In the Marines, truck drivers have an M-16 issued. It was reported she was driving a truck, so she probably wasn't wearing her pack and cartridge belt. I'm guessing she probably only had one 30 round magazine. It was reported that when she ran out of ammo, she was stabbed (I'm guessing that they meant bayoneted)I was a Tanker. I wore a shoulder holster for my pistol (.45), and had two extra magazines. Our Tanks had one M-16, near the driver. Army Tanks were using the old .45 "grease gun". If the account holds up, she's due a Purple Heart and POW Medal, and hopefully someone will put her in for at least a Bronze Star or higher. I'm not a grunt, I don't know how the CIB works. Semper Fi!!

[davisfh]

"And the source for this is??? Since she was in maintenance, what arsenal did they have? a sidearm? A rifle? A bazooka?"

A rifle (probably an M-16). I heard this morning that she went through several clips before finally running out of ammo. I would offer to find you a source but you can do that just as easily as I can.