The FReeper Foxhole Revisits Tet 1968 - Jan. 31st, 2004

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[SAMWolf]

Yeah. IMHO there should be degrees of "Purple Heart".

[SAMWolf]

Yeah we definately have a good pool of knowledge both first-hand and book learned. I always live it when someone posts on a thread either a personal experience or a relatives experience.

[SAMWolf]

Hopefully it's not too hard to get rid of.

[U S Army EOD]

One thing about Tet I have always wondered about. We had stockpiled in Vietnam the first generation of submunitions and other assorted ammo like the beehive rounds. It was there waiting for something to happen. We released it for use during Tet. I think we may have known it was coming and this was our big chance to use this ammunition to kill a lot of VC which we did.

[bulldogs]

I was wondering about Kerrys' purple hearts also. Men I know that have them are very quiet about it. They are not boastful like him.

[SAMWolf]

It seems the worse the wound the quieter the men are about their Purple Heart.

[SAMWolf]

Those flechette rounds were nasty!!

[bulldogs]

Amen, Sam

[U S Army EOD]

I wonder how many other people were wounded that many times on his boat? Something stinks.

[U S Army EOD]

Well yes Sam, especially if it is fatal.

[bulldogs]

I would like to find out.

[U S Army EOD]

We use to down load the rocket warheads so we could put the flechettes in our sling shots to shoot at the rats and the roaches in our unit bar at night.

We took the rocket motor igniters and would rig loop switches in the wires and put them in the crawl ways so they would work like little claymore mines on the rats.

Boy we sure knew how to enjoy ourselves and have fun.

[SAMWolf]

Good Point.

[SAMWolf]

Now that would be interesting to know.

[Professional Engineer]

WOW! This internet thing is cool! I've just been chatting with FReeper SMAAGEE. He is an Army Reservist currently in Bahdad. He drives a fuel truck like I used to.

[SAMWolf]

Some guys had all the fun. :-)

[SAMWolf]

COOL!! Tell him we thank him for his service.

[snippy_about_it]

Cool! Tell him we all send a big hug and a thank you.

[Professional Engineer]

I'll sure pass along the hugs and thanks. His dad is FReeper GRAYBEARD58.

[U S Army EOD]

Check out a website "Useful fools, Veterans Against John Kerry" and read all the latest post. There are some interesting comments by some Navy folks who claim they knew about John Kerry in the river boats. The comments kind of fit my thoughts.