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Guard duty

From: Gary Waddell 271st ASHC
Date: 03 May 2000
Time: 04:05:37
Remote Name: 12.79.44.199

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Anybody remember those pitch black nights on guard duty during the monsoon season? The sudden excitement when a trip flare lites up the wire and many nervous trigger fingers let loose with every thing we had.Sgt of the guard running bunker to bunker yelling, Cease fire, what the hell are you firing at? Next morning finding dead dog in wire. How about the pizza deliveries to your bunker? How about the ARVN troops trying to sell us weed all wrapped up in Marlboro cartons looking like it came from the PX.Anybody remember the hook taxing too close to the ARVN guard tower by the end of the flight line and hitting the tower legs with the blades? I think they jumped out? true? I can still hear those blades hitting the wood legs

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