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<blockquote data-quote="Snattlerake" data-source="post: 4047579" data-attributes="member: 44288"><p>I was in ROTC at the end of Nam. I was so naive/stupid/sheltered, I really didn't know anything about the place other than the war stories from my ROTC cadre that had just returned from there. They related stories of intrigue and suspense with a lot of boredom mixed in. </p><p></p><p>They had stories of heroism and bravery with a very mild manner of relating of these tales. I remember Captain Saunders relating his tale about him being a brand new 2ndLt. in Nam on his first patrol. Being Airborne Ranger, he knew all the tactics and at the rest, he dutifully set his OPs and LPs and sauntered out into the middle of the trail they were securing and lit a cigarette. The next thing he knew he was waking up in a hospital in Ft. Leonard Wood. </p><p></p><p>He related that contrary to the Ranger instructors, the RANGER patch was <em>not</em> bulletproof reaching into his breast pocket and pulling out his with a neat hole between the N and G. Then he said you hear stories of lighters and books deflecting bullets away? They do but mine deflected inward toward my leg, propping up his Zippo on the table next to his whiskey. It too had a nice bend and scallop-shaped hole. </p><p> </p><p> When asked about My Lai they toed the official line about the atrocity and subsequent court marshal of Lt. William Calley. If you get them into a social environment with flowing booze and it was a wholly different war.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snattlerake, post: 4047579, member: 44288"] I was in ROTC at the end of Nam. I was so naive/stupid/sheltered, I really didn't know anything about the place other than the war stories from my ROTC cadre that had just returned from there. They related stories of intrigue and suspense with a lot of boredom mixed in. They had stories of heroism and bravery with a very mild manner of relating of these tales. I remember Captain Saunders relating his tale about him being a brand new 2ndLt. in Nam on his first patrol. Being Airborne Ranger, he knew all the tactics and at the rest, he dutifully set his OPs and LPs and sauntered out into the middle of the trail they were securing and lit a cigarette. The next thing he knew he was waking up in a hospital in Ft. Leonard Wood. He related that contrary to the Ranger instructors, the RANGER patch was [I]not[/I] bulletproof reaching into his breast pocket and pulling out his with a neat hole between the N and G. Then he said you hear stories of lighters and books deflecting bullets away? They do but mine deflected inward toward my leg, propping up his Zippo on the table next to his whiskey. It too had a nice bend and scallop-shaped hole. When asked about My Lai they toed the official line about the atrocity and subsequent court marshal of Lt. William Calley. If you get them into a social environment with flowing booze and it was a wholly different war. [/QUOTE]
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