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A dear friend has passed, Gen. Butch Neal former ACMC. Butch was our India 3/9 Arty FO at Getlin's Corner, and assumed command of the company, after my CO and XO were killed. We had been close...

Montana.... I stated it can't be done from the "Off Hand" position which is shoulder fired. Anyone can do it from the hip if you place your hand on top to hold it down. Typically, unaimed fire was...

M-14 on full-auto?
I was fortunate to have the M-14 in Vietnam from July '66 until it was replaced with the Matte Mattel in April '67. Whenever a FNG showed up in my squad, we took the opportunity...

It was the summer of 1966 and 3/9 was opcon to 1st MarDiv at An Hoa. My squad was just about to leave the perimeter for a patrol and we were ordered to stay put. It seems an important dignitary was...

Our CO carried his personal shotgun, a model 12 Winchester pump with solid brass shells of "OO" Buck. We had another USMC shotgun which was a Mossberg 500, a very dependable pump especially when the...

60 rounds of 40mm was about all I could get in demo bag. I did have one of those 13 round vest at one time but you couldn't use one with a Flak Jacket. When we were down south around Da Nang and An...

What squad leader didn't carry the M-79 at one time or the other. On Prairie 3, I carried 60 rounds and used them all. I wished that I had carried 160! We removed the sights because it kept getting...