[Hunble]

Actually, you are correct. It was the Bader-Meinhoff gang which was responsible for that attack.

Not many people today even know who they were.

You just impressed me with your historical knowledge.

I was very lucky, since the bullet only penetrated my leg after bouncing off of a rock. Poor aiming by the shooter and darn lucky for myself.

I was able to call by radio for support, and had two Cobra attack helicopters attacking his location within two minutes. Now that was impressive to watch!

But back to the subject: I know all about field artillery nuclear weapons.

It is absolute stupidity to eliminate them from our military options today!

[U S Army EOD]

I agree with you on that. You have to remember that the people who made the decissions to go to rocket artillery were the ones that were shot at all the time by 122mm and 107mm rockets during the early part of their military career in Vietnam. This impressed them.

[U S Army EOD]

Anybody in EOD at that time knew who the Badder-Meinhoff gang was. The day the Abrams building was hit, I was going to go get a shirt out of the laundry which was right next to the PX room on the 1st floor. For some reason I changed my mind and decided to go to my car in the parking lot. As I was driving out of Frankfurt, I heard the anouncement on the radio about the bombing. It was in a trashcan between the PX room and laundry out in the hall.

One of my many lucky days I had during my career.