Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Or three... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Thats an awfully big can opener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger #3720LR Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 That's one of those, "Close counts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Wowza!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Poise in your pants would be insufficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Don't bother with a lottery ticket, you just used all your luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 28 minutes ago, Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 said: Don't bother with a lottery ticket, you just used all your luck. That's what I was thinking. Ain't no sense in buying a lottery ticket or making a bet or anything. All the good luck for the rest of your life was just used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 What the heck is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 A friend of mine in the 7th Cav heard a loud Thump outside his sleeping hole on the firebase and emerged to find a sizzling 122mm rocket that had hit the sandbags. It was frired from one of our own abandoned bases nearby. He was a bit shaken by that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 That would tend to upset your feng shui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: A friend of mine in the 7th Cav heard a loud Thump outside his sleeping hole on the firebase and emerged to find a sizzling 122mm rocket that had hit the sandbags. It was fried from one of our own abandoned bases nearby. He was a bit shaken by that. Shaken, but not stirred, thankfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: A friend of mine in the 7th Cav heard a loud Thump outside his sleeping hole on the firebase and emerged to find a sizzling 122mm rocket that had hit the sandbags. It was fried from one of our own abandoned bases nearby. He was a bit shaken by that. Huh, weren't a 122mm rocket about 8 foot tall? Don't that mean the other half- including the warhead- is stuck in the ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 ..... that would "stress test" everyones underwear ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 That's a big HOLY CRAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 4 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: What the heck is that? Looks like a 70's International ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 36 minutes ago, Smuteye John SASS#24774 said: Huh, weren't a 122mm rocket about 8 foot tall? Don't that mean the other half- including the warhead- is stuck in the ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Is that flat tyre a result of the rockets' impact ...... or snoring ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 4 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Well, if they hit us gainA friend of mine in the 7th Cav heard a loud Thump outside his sleeping hole on the firebase and emerged to find a sizzling 122mm rocket that had hit the sandbags. It was frired from one of our own abandoned bases nearby. He was a bit shaken by that. In addition he was a Hawaiian fella of Japanese descent and in charge of the commo section. Still in his OD boxers and flip flops, he grabbed his M16 and headed for the TOC as more Russian built hardware impacted in the perimeter. One of the guys there advised him to put on a shirt ASAP. “What for?”, he asked. He was informed tactfully that dressed in shorts and sandals his appearance was just wee a bit North Vietnamese and running around the firebase in that configuration could be hazardous to his health. His second Oh S**t moment of the evening. Fortunately our recon platoon was in the area of the firebase they were firing on, heard the ruckus, got eyes on the bad guys and called in a rain of steel from our 105 battery. End of rocket incoming. The fight lasted from 200 hrs to near dawn. They tried 3 ground assaults, shot down a Huey flare ship when a flare got hung up on the skid, the co-pilot was killed. The infantry company just about exhausted the ammo supply. The artillery, who were firing beehive rounds still had a good stockpile. Col Trobaugh said, in his best John Wayne voice after an ammo count, “Well, if they hit us again, we’ll fall back to the 105 pits and fix bayonets” Fortunately, the NVA were spent and headed back to Cambodia to lick their wounds. They missed their chance to re-enact Custer’s Last Stand FSB Atkinson. April 1970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 46 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said: Looks like a 70's International ! I meant the ordnance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 It looked a little different from the Katyusha pictured. The exhaust area is entirely different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 My first sergeant was taking a break sitting on the edge of a rice paddy when a mortar round landed right between his legs. A dud, but it was a come to Jesus moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 said: It looked a little different from the Katyusha pictured. The exhaust area is entirely different. There is no relation to the truck pic I found on Facebook and the pic of the 122. I have no info on the truck or the ordnance that opened er up like a sardine can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Call EOD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D. Daily Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 7 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: In addition he was a Hawaiian fella of Japanese descent and in charge of the commo section. Still in his OD boxers and flip flops, he grabbed his M16 and headed for the TOC as more Russian built hardware impacted in the perimeter. One of the guys there advised him to put on a shirt ASAP. “What for?”, he asked. He was informed tactfully that dressed in shorts and sandals his appearance was just wee a bit North Vietnamese and running around the firebase in that configuration could be hazardous to his health. His second Oh S**t moment of the evening. Fortunately our recon platoon was in the area of the firebase they were firing on, heard the ruckus, got eyes on the bad guys and called in a rain of steel from our 105 battery. End of rocket incoming. The fight lasted from 200 hrs to near dawn. They tried 3 ground assaults, shot down a Huey flare ship when a flare got hung up on the skid, the co-pilot was killed. The infantry company just about exhausted the ammo supply. The artillery, who were firing beehive rounds still had a good stockpile. Col Trobaugh said, in his best John Wayne voice after an ammo count, “Well, if they hit us again, we’ll fall back to the 105 pits and fix bayonets” Fortunately, the NVA were spent and headed back to Cambodia to lick their wounds. They missed their chance to re-enact Custer’s Last Stand FSB Atkinson. April 1970. Since you are unable to receive PM's I'll post the question I have: I noticed from this thread that you were near Tay Ninh in April 1970. I was in country and assigned to the 25th ID staring in June 1970. Because of my education & employment when in college I was recruited by the assistant division signal officer to move the 11th ACR's pirate radio station gear from An Loc to Dau Tieng. I wonder if you listened to any of "WTLB"s broadcasts on the FM radio band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 10 hours ago, J.D. Daily said: Since you are unable to receive PM's I'll post the question I have: I noticed from this thread that you were near Tay Ninh in April 1970. I was in country and assigned to the 25th ID staring in June 1970. Because of my education & employment when in college I was recruited by the assistant division signal officer to move the 11th ACR's pirate radio station gear from An Loc to Dau Tieng. I wonder if you listened to any of "WTLB"s broadcasts on the FM radio band. Nope. Didn’t know it existed. Used to listen to AFVN occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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