From: bolton8@juno.com
Date: Sun Jan 29 2006 - 19:39:09 PST
RANDY asked:
> And does anybody know of them in Vietnam,
February 1968, Tet Offensive, "The Hill" (foothills of the Plateaux
Montagnards)
Hour or two after sunset a patrol of Montagnard Irregulars seemed to
materialize just outside our defensive perimeter. They were looking for
a place to chow down and spend the night. One of them was carrying a
BAR almost as big as himself.
Rest had an assortment of M1 Carbines and M1 Garands.
I made a beeline for him and that Big Ass Rifle (BAR), inviting them
both into my sandbagged hole. I had an M14 and an M79 there, but one of
John Browning's finest was a welcome addition. Set the BAR up with the
bipod resting on the sandbags, and muzzle pointed towards "that shadowy
area" where the moonlight doesn't reach.
Before sunup the Montagnards had melted away as silently as they arrived.
Friend of mine was an M113 driver with the 9th Infantry Division during
the Cambodian Incursion. He told me of two BAR's that were in the unit.
Although not authorized by the division, the weapons were reliable and
well respected. But .30/06 ammo was sometimes hard to come by.
After the third time his M16 jammed he refused to carry it and was
issued an M3 Grease Gun. I carried an M14 because I did not trust that
jam-a-matic.
LANCE
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