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Old 06-29-2005, 10:21   #8
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Let me say this about that. At Khe Sahn the 122s were the little ones. We were shelled continuously by 152s. The rocket is an area wea[pm rather than pinpoint. When the area is the size of KSCB they rarely missed.

A few memories.

Since you can hear them from ignition to impact they scare the shit out of you.

We had a shower stall made of corrugated tin. It looked like a collander. You needed a buddy outside listening for incoming. Ears became very well tuned and you could hear the rockets and guns from their positions in Laos.

I believe their FO hated me. It seems they would wait until I was "comfortably" seated on the shitter, and then fire one off. He then no doubt laughed his butt off as I came running out of the latrine trying to pull my pants up and hit a trench. The funny part was that the latrine was in a fairly well protected bunker.

99% of all wounds at Khe Sahn were head wounds. Curiosity didn' pay.
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