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| Frenchie |
| Posted on: June 11th, 2016, 2:57am |
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Maximum Member2 LIke to hear from anyone that was Co C 4/31
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When i joined my platoon in early March of 1968 I "inherited" the M79 Grenade Launcher. Towards the end of March and most of April we were at Camp Evans.....they had our company right next to the runway where we started digging foxholes for defensive positions....it didnt take very long before we learned that right across the runway there were pallets of C rations and each night for about 3-4 days we would go across the runway and help ourselves to snacks for the nigh.....we would eat the good stuff.....and go back the next night for more...
welllll, one day we had a meeting......they told us that there would not be any more raids across the runway.....the next day , sure enough they had barbwire around it and guards......that was it....no more snacks.
So i had the M79 until about june / july so one day our Platoon Sgt Payne come over to me and said "Frenchie" the higher ups in Chu Lai claim that we are running low on M79 ammo so they asked that the M79 guys go easy on the ammo.........say WHAT?????? yes they did.
A little later...a week or two later he came back and said somethign even more outrageous....he said: Frenchie im gonna ask you for your .45 Cal .....i had no idea why he would ask for my .45.....he explained that all officers are required to have a .45 and that they were running out of them in the rear.......yes, like a dummy i gave him my .45 so officers would not be without the regulation .45 cal pistol......
isnt that wonderful? i never haerd this from anyone else...but i assure you it was true in my case.
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Frenchie - Gilbert E Manasselian
C 4/31 Feb 68 to Feb 69
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| Gregory B Peters |
| Posted on: June 11th, 2016, 3:59pm |
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Maximum Member2 B company, 3/21/196th, incountry 07/1966-07/1967
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| Good one Frenchie, here is my sad tale. I too carried the M-79 and the .45 pistol. While out in the boonies the holster latch came loose and while running and jumping into a chooper I lost the pistol. I reported it right away but was told by the higher ups that I would have to pay for the pistol because I obviously sent it home, from the boonies :-) IIRC it was like half of my paycheck that month.... |
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| Frenchie |
| Posted on: June 11th, 2016, 10:04pm |
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Maximum Member2 LIke to hear from anyone that was Co C 4/31
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Greg its kinda sad and I too have heard of guys having to pay for their .45 due to whatever reason......lame in my estimation
Did they replace it after you paid?
PS i dont know why i would recall it but $45.00 comes to my mind (real money back in the days) |
Frenchie - Gilbert E Manasselian
C 4/31 Feb 68 to Feb 69
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| Jim Armstrong |
| Posted on: June 12th, 2016, 3:32pm |
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| The only funny thing about the ridiculous policy of troops paying for lost equipment is that it explains why the captain goes down with his ship. |
Jim Armstrong
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| Gregory B Peters |
| Posted on: June 12th, 2016, 4:08pm |
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Maximum Member2 B company, 3/21/196th, incountry 07/1966-07/1967
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Frenchie, $45 sounds about right, maybe $47. I actually had the receipt for it when I got out. IIRC it was over half of my paycheck. which I didn't get anyway, sent it back home except for about $10. did not get another side arm, and got rid of the m-79 and got that rifle from the Mattel Toy Company.
Exactly Jim, plus I didn't realize you could send packages home from anywhere, much less the boonies. R&R was a different story. I guess the MASH story of the Depot Sgt. sending a whole jeep home piece by piece was true :-) |
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