TOAK, The Thread of All Knowledge Part XIII
06-06-2019, 01:57 PM
240th was the Greyhounds and Mad Dog gunships. Think they were primary support of the 9th Div. out of Bear Cat.
Green Tracers were generally 51's and I saw plenty of those. Not something you wanted to see during a night Tac-E but that's generally when they were most prevalent..
Green Tracers were generally 51's and I saw plenty of those. Not something you wanted to see during a night Tac-E but that's generally when they were most prevalent..
06-06-2019, 02:14 PM
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I kind of skipped across that, might do more later, could have been condensed down by more than half and still had all the pertinent information. Yes, the other side had green tracers, also white and red. I saw more red than green. Rifle fire often burned out before 2000', but I saw green one night from a long way off to the side go by us at 2000' and continue on up a few seconds, must have traveled a couple miles still visible. That was a big one, possibly 37mm, they had a few of those. A Huey wouldn't handle many of those.
I wondered if this would refer to the Cambodian invasion in the spring/summer of 1968 but didn't hear any reference to that. Officially we didn't put troops in Cambodia until 1970, but in 1968 the 240th provided air support, and Army APCs and Navy gunboats along with a lot of Army troops hit NVA in Cambodia for a few days. The 240th Assault Helicopter Company lost a gunship in Cambodia (lost, as in it wasn't there when a recovery team went in to retrieve it, the crew had to run for it with NVA closing in). The 240th was a company that was formed up in Texas the same time and place as mine, so I knew several guys in it, and running across a few of them later, got the same story from all of them. Sounds like a movie. I wonder how many actions and events in that war will be lost to history when the guys involved are all gone. Probably the same for all wars.
I wondered if this would refer to the Cambodian invasion in the spring/summer of 1968 but didn't hear any reference to that. Officially we didn't put troops in Cambodia until 1970, but in 1968 the 240th provided air support, and Army APCs and Navy gunboats along with a lot of Army troops hit NVA in Cambodia for a few days. The 240th Assault Helicopter Company lost a gunship in Cambodia (lost, as in it wasn't there when a recovery team went in to retrieve it, the crew had to run for it with NVA closing in). The 240th was a company that was formed up in Texas the same time and place as mine, so I knew several guys in it, and running across a few of them later, got the same story from all of them. Sounds like a movie. I wonder how many actions and events in that war will be lost to history when the guys involved are all gone. Probably the same for all wars.
It was an informative podcast Moldy. It was in reference to a book Over the Wire. And interview of the author. The covert ops stuff. Nice to hear it from someone who was there.
06-06-2019, 03:19 PM
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240th was the Greyhounds and Mad Dog gunships. Think they were primary support of the 9th Div. out of Bear Cat.
Green Tracers were generally 51's and I saw plenty of those. Not something you wanted to see during a night Tac-E but that's generally when they were most prevalent..
Green Tracers were generally 51's and I saw plenty of those. Not something you wanted to see during a night Tac-E but that's generally when they were most prevalent..
06-06-2019, 04:25 PM
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Can a highly developed brain be sensed by smell perhaps?
06-06-2019, 04:34 PM
Stan, your attempt to tie flatulence to sexual attraction is laughable.
06-06-2019, 04:36 PM
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06-06-2019, 04:40 PM
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Hmmmmmmmm. Could be related to my flatulence as well .......
06-06-2019, 04:41 PM
I think the worst is over. Serious flooding in several areas of town and surrounding area.