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Post by Swampy on Nov 3, 2013 21:17:59 GMT -5
I'm in Jamaica now, and I can't really stay long, but here's a website with incredible photos of the war from a Time-Life reporter. Enjoy! |
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Post by hornet32 on Nov 4, 2013 18:09:41 GMT -5
I think these photos while pretty much run of the mill do demostrate the adaptabilty of the American Soldier most of those pictured were a year ago going to their high school prom hanging out or just being useless , then shit happens , its called the draft , the average age of the American Soldier in VN was 19 .
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Post by Sir John on Nov 6, 2013 11:55:41 GMT -5
I remember a pic of an Australian soldier in Tobruk.
He is standing with a '25 pounder' artillery shell in his arms.
I will bet a bucket he was no older than 15.
Happened all the time with old blokes too. Some vets from WW1.
SJ
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Post by hornet32 on Nov 13, 2013 8:45:36 GMT -5
Being a grunt in VN was a young mans war the conditions were brutal .
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Post by Sir John on Nov 13, 2013 14:02:47 GMT -5
There is a fairly famous pic over here of a bunch of about a dozen men on the Kokoda Track in 1942, climbing on a track about 2 metres wide and mud about 8 inches deep.
The last bloke in the line is a vet from Gallipoli.
SJ
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Post by Swampy on Nov 14, 2013 1:32:26 GMT -5
There is a fairly famous pic over here of a bunch of about a dozen men on the Kokoda Track in 1942, climbing on a track about 2 metres wide and mud about 8 inches deep. The last bloke in the line is a vet from Gallipoli. SJ That would be an awesome pic - do you have it?  |
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Post by Sir John on Nov 14, 2013 14:21:05 GMT -5
On file somewhere i shall try and find it.
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Post by Sir John on Nov 14, 2013 14:22:37 GMT -5
The bloke at the rear in the beaten up old slouch hat. Attachments:
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Post by hornet32 on Nov 14, 2013 19:09:28 GMT -5
He learned something from Gallipoli let the lads go first . The VN grunt would have had about a hundred pounds of equipment to waltz through the bush with , the 3 hundreds , heat , humidity , equipment .
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Post by Swampy on Nov 14, 2013 22:01:27 GMT -5
Tet, when you say, "3 hundreds", I presume you're referring to heat, humidity, and heavy loads? I'm just curios.
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Post by hornet32 on Nov 14, 2013 23:02:29 GMT -5
Swampy 100 degrees heat 100% humidity 100lbs equipment , when you travel through the bush you have to bring everything with you especially ammo and water every man 400 rounds of AR-15 , 100 rounds of 7.62 4 canteens of water 4 frag grenades then you get down to what ever else is needed .
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Post by Sir John on Nov 14, 2013 23:18:26 GMT -5
The Australian Diggers did not have to worry about 100lbs of gear.
At the end of a hard day with our peace loving japanese brothers, they sat down to turkey and ice cream, and lots of plum pudding. A nice warm shower and kiss good night(+) from a gorgeous blonde.
SJ
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Post by Sir John on Nov 14, 2013 23:57:47 GMT -5
PS,
I forgot, our blokes had a "Fuzzy Wuzzie Angel" to clean their boots and other gear in time for the next day.
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Post by Swampy on Nov 15, 2013 1:06:13 GMT -5
The Australian Diggers did not have to worry about 100lbs of gear. At the end of a hard day with our peace loving japanese brothers, they sat down to turkey and ice cream, and lots of plum pudding. A nice warm shower and kiss good night(+) from a gorgeous blonde. SJ No wonder they needed MacA and his American boys to save Australia.  |
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Post by Sir John on Nov 15, 2013 2:11:23 GMT -5
No he needed OUR Diggers to save "his boys"!
Poor loves!
SJ
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