Re: mortar men (sorta off topic)

From: Bruce Kalin (convoy@mtaofnj.us)
Date: Mon Mar 20 2006 - 20:57:53 PST


I forgot - sorry. We always road in the back of a deuce (MV content),
until we had to walk (which was almost always).
Bruce

Bruce Kalin wrote:

> Jim,
> We used to throw these into the campfire to really heat up our C
> rations :-) Not exactly according to rules but, they sure got the fire
> going.
>
> My squad had an 81 mm mortar. Same principle as the 60. The squad
> leader had the chart and the sight. Everyone else was a lumper. One
> got the tube, two got the base plate, and the rest carried the round.
> Bruce

-- 
Bruce Kalin
East Coast Convoy Coordinator
USMCMTA, MVPA, MTANJ, NCMVPA


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