My unit didn't find the stuff, we just hauled out a lot of the stuff the Cav captured.
Kerry in his "lucky CIA hat"
Posted on 08/25/2004 10:29:58 PM PDT by SAMWolf
Sorry!
Just saw something about it on History channel of all things, was somewhat jealous..
Canada threads?
My unit didn't find the stuff, we just hauled out a lot of the stuff the Cav captured.
Kerry in his "lucky CIA hat"
Ummm.. I deny involvement.
*chuckle*
Been making a bad name for myself elsewhere.
Have areputation to keep low.. er.. uphold.
If everyone found out that despite being a nexus of weirdness and odd events that I'm really a nice guy... why.. the whole thing would crumble!
/ joke.
Has anyone anywhere actually seen a photo of Kerry that doesn't make him look dorky or worse?
(And did you notice that when he salutes, his eyes go in divergent directions?)
Nothing worse than working hard to get a rep and then have it blown by some vicious rumor about being a "nice guy"
I guess it's not his fault for being born looking like a dork, we can blame him for being one though.
Yeah, all that work and it goes down the drain in seconds..
All because of ONE act of kindness 'because I could' and all that..
*sigh*
/ joke.
LOL!
This is true.
Evening Victoria. You gonna watch as much as possible?
On 5 May, Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, in response to the aerial reconnaissance sighting reports, displaced into the northern half of the complex which had been dubbed "the city". Immediately upon entering the suspected area, the Cavalry troopers reported finding numerous storage bunkers measuring 16 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 8 feet deep. Subsequent reports indicated that most of the bunkers contained large quantities of weapons and munitions and that the enemy had just recently evacuated the area. Throughout the period 5-13 May 182 storage bunkers, 18 mess halls, a training area and a small animal farm were discovered in the area. The logistical storage bunkers contained clothing, food stocks, medical supplies, weapons and munitions. The bulk consisted of ammunition. Generally, all types of equipment and supplies were
in an excellent state of preservation and in good operating condition when discovered. "The city" (Map 10) covered approximately three square kilometers and consisted of a well-organized storage depot that was capable of rapid receipt and issue of large quantities of supplies. Judging from the general condition of the oldest bunker and from translation of supply documents found in the area, it was apparent that the storage depot had been in operation for two to two and one-half years. Some bunkers had been constructed within the last six months.
Captured supply records indicated that the supply depot primarily supported the 7th North Vietnam Army Division. Based on the discovery of classroom facilities, numerous mess halls, firing ranges, as well as large stocks of items of personal clothing and equipment in the cache site area, it was determined that "the city" was also used to provide refresher military and political training to recent replacements from North Vietnam.
Selected items of equipment captured at this cache site complex included:
1,282 individual weapons
202 crew-served weapons
319,000 rounds of .51-caliber/12.7-mm ammunition
25,200 rounds of 14.5-mm antiaircraft machinegun ammunition
1,559,000 rounds of AK-47 ammunition
2,110 grenades
58,000 pounds of plastic explosives
400,000 rounds of .30-caliber ammunition
16,920 propelling charges for 120-mm mortar
22 cases of anti-personnel mines
30 tons of rice 8 tons of corn
1,100 pounds of salt
From the Center for Military History-Vietnam Studies Air Mobility 1961-71 Lt. General John J. Tolson
Above from Delta Company Photos
During May and June of 1970 the 1st Cavalry Division invaded Cambodia although a strategic success was somewhat hampered by a restriction of 30-kilometer advance.
" Mr. Michael O'Neil " (PILOT) - D/229th Avn Bn - "Cobra10
Chinese invent toilet paper--had to; Do You Know Who I Am snatched up all the copies of his book:
Excellent work.
Always wondered why the morons on the cover of Kerry's book looked like they were trying to look as stupid as possible.
I came to the conclusion: They are as stupid as possible.
And that was one big storage 'facility' city...
Yikes.
I sure do. I'm getting ready… bought wine, beer, and vodka. I don't intend drinking them all at once of course, but throughout the week since I have a few days off before I start teaching Spanish. Anyway, I workout everyday - so don't give me a hard time, LOL.
Evening Phil Dragoo
How long did it take the North Vietnamese to build and stock those supply depots? All those years of them just sitting across the border while our politicians twiddled their thumbs and US troops fought and died. It makes you want to puke thinking about it.
They were probably so high and brain dead that they didn't even know they were being put on the cover of a book.
Me? Give you a hard time? Never!!
Get some orange juice to go with that vodka and maybe I'll make some screwdrivers for ya. :-)
Four and a half years later Nixon granted a 30-kilometer incursion into Cambodia.
Soon Kerry would serve as Mme. Binh's errand boy, demanding that Nixon set a date certain for withdrawal.
Watergate was a single file; Filegate was a thousand--
Yet HRC will begin serving as Kerry's "truth czar" Sunday.
Set your clocks back thirty years.
Good evening Victoria. We'll be watching this convention!
Thanks Phil for the map and the link.
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