[Vermont Lt]

You bring up something that struck me watching that last night. I think some of that was US Army film, used for training or “propaganda.” I am a photographer and you can when when a shot is made under stressful conditions. There was no shake and the pictures were pretty damned sharp. It was shot from a tripod.

I have never been in combat, and I was a baby at the time these were made. But for the men wo were there: did you ever see a tripod in combat? I am taking a leap and suggesting you didn’t see a lot of that.

[Chainmail]

No, I never saw a tripod in use while I was there. We used to occasionally get some snotty reporter wearing a bush jacket and long hair with a Japanese photographer in tow. They'd stick around long enough to get some shot they thought would be inflammatory enough - like the one time we had over 30 prisoners and they looked pretty miserable, at least until we fed them lunch. Then off they'd go on the next available helicopter - faster if shooting started.

We did get some older guy who was writing a book and he was a nice old coot but we worried about him - it was no place for bystanders or tourists.