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| legal70 |
| Posted on: December 13th, 2010, 2:43pm |
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| and I thought I would freeze in Nam when on night ambush and temp would drop to the low of around 70.....ha....near record cold in ky today.....seems the humidity in Nam made everything extreme....E 2/1 Recon |
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| Fletchw2zero |
| Posted on: December 13th, 2010, 5:31pm |
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| I think it was late September of 69 when a typhoon hit and we about drowned in the jungle. The roar of the downpour would have masked tanks sneaking up on us. We tossed together a shelter of ponchos and crawled in. I about froze from the trickle of water running down my back, cross my crack and over the flopply-dopplys. Not like I could move since my whole squad was wadded up in a pile with me near the bottom of it. I roundly cursed the DFNG who didn't know how to properly tie the neck of his poncho! Kept waking up from the cold until finally dawn broke for the morning slog through the constant wash. |
Fletch
Co B 4/31 May through November 69
C Btry 1/82 Arty Nov 69 thru April-ish 70 radio handle whiskey two zero
Craig Fletcher |
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| stillkit |
| Posted on: December 13th, 2010, 7:26pm |
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| We could get an Army sleeping shirt from supply that really helped out on "cold" nights. It was was of knit fabric, fairly tight fitting and had long sleeves and close neck opening. During the winter monsoons up north, where we were, some guys wore them all day. |
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| Fletchw2zero |
| Posted on: December 14th, 2010, 12:42am |
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I never heard of one of them animals, a sleeping shirt you say...
I must admit that it didn't take too long in the bush until I could go to sleep in the middle of a dry paddy at noon. Just had to cover my eyes and hold my sweet lovin M-16 close. I still have to sleep in absolute dark whether it is from blinds or just putting something over my eyes.
I was pretty cold down on Lz Liz after my shift to artillery too. There were times where I was fully dressed and borrowed a field jacket and wrapped in a poncho liner too for formal evening wear on the hill. |
Fletch
Co B 4/31 May through November 69
C Btry 1/82 Arty Nov 69 thru April-ish 70 radio handle whiskey two zero
Craig Fletcher |
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| Larry D Mcknight |
| Posted on: December 14th, 2010, 3:12am |
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| Remember one night in the rubber plantation outside Tay Ninh, buddy and I set up outside primator as radio man and FO. Picked a tree to set beside to spend the night. A monsoon rain about 1 in the morning, ended up sitting in water above my waste the rest of the night. Couldn't shiffer enough to keep warm. Come daylight not only cold but was covered with mosquito bites. |
Larry D. Mcknight
B Co., HHC S-4 2/1
1965 to 1967 |
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| Eddie Johns |
| Posted on: December 14th, 2010, 11:44am |
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Medium Member c3/21-6/70-3/71
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| It's amazing that a jungle and a desert can be alike. Scortch in daytime,freeze at night. monsoon made it even worse. |
Eddie Johns C3/21 6/70-3/71 |
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| Bob Kotch |
| Posted on: December 14th, 2010, 9:37pm |
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| I never heard of a sleeping shirt either. Sounds good, though. I arrived in country in late September, 1967, just in time for the monsoons. I had a field jacket with liner, but it did not do any good. The worst had to be pulling night ambush duty while on river patrol along the Anton River. We were out all night on some little island from dusk to dawn in monsoon rains, freezing and shivering the whole time while trying to be as still and quiet as possible. Couldn't wait for day break to get back on our 16 foot Boston Whalers and head back in to our 2 tents, cold shower, and C's, which we did warm up with C4. It was a great life! |
HHC, MP Plt. 9-67 through 9-68 |
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| BobHobler |
| Posted on: December 15th, 2010, 5:00pm |
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Those sleeping shirts were the designated attire for this breakfast in the bush with my hootch partner Jim Brewer! Also had me a pair of those little booties! Dang I was stylin in the bush!
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Bob Hobler
A Co. 3/21 Inf 196th LIB
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| Frenchie |
| Posted on: December 15th, 2010, 6:56pm |
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Bob,
Great condo!!! makes you want to do it all over? oops.. the war is over..oh welllllll |
Frenchie - Gilbert E Manasselian
C 4/31 Feb 68 to Feb 69
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| Frenchie |
| Posted on: December 15th, 2010, 6:56pm |
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Bob,
Great condo!!! makes you want to do it all over? oops.. the war is over..oh welllllll |
Frenchie - Gilbert E Manasselian
C 4/31 Feb 68 to Feb 69
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| Bobkelly |
| Posted on: December 16th, 2010, 9:52am |
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| 1968 in the mountains of Que Son I had on tee shirt , jungle jacket ,regular fatigue shirt, and Flak jacket. At Dawn the dew was so heavy it looked like it Snowed in the Nam |
[face=Sans-Serif][/face]Bob Kelly |
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| Jim Gray |
| Posted on: December 18th, 2010, 9:18pm |
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when i first arrived in country we were a little south of Chu Lia. do not remember the hill name or number. but i do remember my very first patrol with D 3/21 Kelso platoon we left base at dark and headed north on the RR tracks. after about 1 hour it began to rain like hell and the wind was horrible. we had lost radio communication and we were supposed to have returned to base camp. turns out we were in the middle of a monsoon. when we got back to base camp pretty much every thing was destroyed..
ah! the experiance of a lifetime |
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