[Chainmail]

Our company commander (Echo 2/1) carried his .45 in his hand, full time locked and cocked while we were in Vietnam. We used to be very flinchy about that since he used it to point with it, scratch his nose with it, etc. and, well, because he was an officer.

One day around June 1967, he turned a corner in the path in some very heavy green stuff and ran face to face with an NVA command group of five and he had his pistol in his hand. He got hit once on the inside of his thigh but he killed all five of them.

[gunnyg]

God Bless Ya, MARINE!!!!!

Gunny G 1952-1972
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Cocked and Locked!
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https://gunnygblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/gunny-g-so-was-it-cocked-and-locked-or-locl-and-load/
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[NorthMountain]

While I don’t really expect that I will run into a maniple of NVA here in WEST Virginia ... your story does illustrate why I always carry with a round in the chamber.

[Moonman62]

One day around June 1967, he turned a corner in the path in some very heavy green stuff and ran face to face with an NVA command group of five and he had his pistol in his hand. He got hit once on the inside of his thigh but he killed all five of them.

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He should have received an award like pilots get for being an Ace.