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13-DEC-2018 Traveller

The Unhappiest Room

samsung SM-J700T
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Date/Time13-Dec-2018 11:42:07
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ModelSM-J700T
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Focal Length3.7 mm
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Canon Image Challenge20-Dec-2018 09:52
Tiger Force was the name of a long-range reconnaissance patrol unit[1] of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 327th Infantry, 1st Brigade (Separate), 101st Airborne Division, which fought in the Vietnam War from May to November 1967, including the killing of hundreds of civilians.[2][3].

The platoon-sized unit, approximately 45 paratroopers, was founded by Colonel David Hackworth in November 1965 to "outguerrilla the guerrillas".[4] Tiger Force (Recon) 1-327th was a highly decorated small unit in Vietnam, and paid for its reputation with heavy casualties.[5] In October 1968, Tiger Force's parent battalion was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation by President Lyndon B. Johnson, which included a mention of Tiger Force's service at Đắk Tô in June 1966.[6]

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Tiger Force got into bad trouble at Dak To, I was a green, green private, sent in to help pull them off, what I call, and wrote, as Tiger Hill....in the dark, in a rainy night on a steep mountain, bodies rolling down in the muck and the mud...(bad but still better than B Battery human wave charges in Kontum)

I post for your fun over under duckbill plate, a current short video of my life...far from the war, but maybe not really...

Traveller
Canon Image Challenge19-Dec-2018 04:11
Tiger hill?? Is that a boots on the ground solders nickname for the hill since top military brass usually called them something like “hill 750” or similar. Really curious! Paul
Canon Image Challenge18-Dec-2018 01:57
The war was different for me since it was so early...started off with the heavy M-14 of all things, then the Colt M-15...such a terrible weapon, I went through three of them at Tiger Hill in the Central Highlands (I swore I was going back to the Pentagon and kill some people in weapon procurement) ...I still have jungle rot scars on my arms and legs...

But what the hell, I am here and alive....lol...no big.

Traveller
Canon Image Challenge17-Dec-2018 21:15
Ouch - best wishes for a perfect jaw back for you.

Jim
Canon Image Challenge17-Dec-2018 18:26
Being a non combat vet I always wondered how soliders in the field dealt with personal hygiene since I was base security in Europe and never really spent time in the field. Paul
Canon Image Challenge17-Dec-2018 11:30
Good luck. I hope it provides the desired relief. And thanks for your service.

Dave
Canon Image Challenge17-Dec-2018 03:16
Oh, not concerned at all...I'll shoot anything...however, this was bone grafting surgery in my jaw....so maybe of some concern.

I must go back to work, but this has been an ongoing problem from Vietnam, 1966, a year living in the jungle...no brushing teeth...you leave a trail of spit that can be followed for a leap-frogged ambush, and dying...well, so we are fixing a large problem finally.
Canon Image Challenge17-Dec-2018 02:40
Oh, my! How concerned should we be?

Dave