[at-l] Memorial Day Weekend

[garyticknor@starpower.net (Gary Ticknor)]

> Going to spend it remembering friends who are no longer alive. A lot died so
> young. Defending the Country. For me it is a day to honor all our veterans:
>
> Wildbill
>
>  THE THINGS THEY CARRIED
>
>  They carried P-38 can openers and heat tabs, watches and dog
>  tags, insect repellent, gum, cigarettes, Zippo lighters, salt
>  tablets, compress bandages, ponchos, Kool-Aid, two or three
>  canteens of water, iodine tablets, sterno, LRRP-rations, and
>  C-rations stuffed in socks. They carried standard fatigues,
>  jungle boots, bush hats, flak jackets, and steel pots. They
>  carried the M-16 assault rifle. They carried trip flares and
>  Claymore mines, M-60 machine guns, the M-70 grenade launcher,
>  M-14's, CR-15s, Stoners, Swedish K's, 66 mm Laws, shotguns, 45 caliber
>  pistols, silencers, the sound of bullets, rockets,
>  and choppers, and sometimes the sound of silence. They carried
>  C-4 plastic explosives, an assortment of hand grenades, PRC-25
>  radios, knives and machetes.

And I carried cans of M-60 ammo. I HATED lugging those cans. Didn't mind the
M-16 or MY ammo, but I hated those damned cans. I still have dents in my upper
legs where they would bash into me.

Didn't like the steel pot much either.

'70-'71