Foy long Man you can say that again about he cooked meal inthe field I know my Tank plt if we got a hot meal once or twist a month we were lucky I rember one evening at one of the thunder bases a hot meal was prepared by one of the co we were atached to and just as we started to eat a message came over the radio to mount the tanks and head out on the road and we would receve our order on the way and I just knew I was going to have trouble getting the guy out of line and on the tanks but the mess sgt what stakes cook and half cook to the guys as were leving and that help I am not sure but I beleve it was at thunder 7
John McCoy
08-Nov-2008 04:39
Dave,
Bravo Company (maybe the whole battalion?) was out in the field on Christmas 1967. I remember there was a "truce" yet the powers that be wanted us to go out on "ambush" patrol, but they did not want us to chamber a round! There was a near riot among the troops of third platoon, and when the dust settled, we did not have to go out on patrol. I would have been willing to go if I could have chambered a round first. Earlier that day, we had been fed a really good Christmas meal. I remember it to this day. I was amazed that the cooks could come out to the field and cook a meal that tasted better than any restaurant meal I ever had. Why couldn't they do that back in Lai Khe?
