Hummer70
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Augusta, Ga. about ten years back a good friend got woke up by his wife standing next to his bed and said, "there is somebody going through your truck" and she hands him her Model 12 20 ga. She went bird hunting with him all the time.
He gets up and walks out and this guy doesn't hear him coming and my buddy tells him to get out of his truck. The guy backs out of his truck and obviously he is on something or stupid above and beyond the call of duty but he curses him and violates the SECOND GREAT TRUTH which is "never take a knife to a gun fight". and he also violated Second Great Truth 1A , 2A 3A, 4A and 5A which is never take a knife to a gun fight when the guy with the gun was a Sniper w/ Third Army in WW2, Battle of Bulge Survivor, 5 Bronze Stars with Vs, 5 Purple Hearts, and shot a walking German at 700 yards from the standing position with one shot, (range confirmed with artillery range finder that afternoon) got hit at Bulge and two medics killed working on him in field. A third medic killed working on him in aid station, a 4th killed backing ambulance up to farmhouse (field hospital) to get him to the rear and 47 surgeries since WW2 to remove shrapnel, and did I say he held a AA Skeet Rating and former Georgia State Rifle Champion multiple times?
Guy advances with knife and Jack lets him hold it right there. The Sheriff himself comes out at 3AM to see, looks at scene and says, "Jack you done good."
When I heard the next day I went to see him to see "how he was" and he said his yellow lab was still shook up. Her name was "Baby". He was fine. She was used to retrieving birds Jack shot but never saw him shoot something that big.
He died last year and I really miss him. He and my Dad used to ride to Florida and all over Georgia together to shoot in rifle matches back in 40s/50s. One really great guy. I went by to see him one day and he came out in shorts with no shirt and the shrapnel scars were unbelievable. He looked like he had been in a chain saw fight and his wouldn't start.
He gets up and walks out and this guy doesn't hear him coming and my buddy tells him to get out of his truck. The guy backs out of his truck and obviously he is on something or stupid above and beyond the call of duty but he curses him and violates the SECOND GREAT TRUTH which is "never take a knife to a gun fight". and he also violated Second Great Truth 1A , 2A 3A, 4A and 5A which is never take a knife to a gun fight when the guy with the gun was a Sniper w/ Third Army in WW2, Battle of Bulge Survivor, 5 Bronze Stars with Vs, 5 Purple Hearts, and shot a walking German at 700 yards from the standing position with one shot, (range confirmed with artillery range finder that afternoon) got hit at Bulge and two medics killed working on him in field. A third medic killed working on him in aid station, a 4th killed backing ambulance up to farmhouse (field hospital) to get him to the rear and 47 surgeries since WW2 to remove shrapnel, and did I say he held a AA Skeet Rating and former Georgia State Rifle Champion multiple times?
Guy advances with knife and Jack lets him hold it right there. The Sheriff himself comes out at 3AM to see, looks at scene and says, "Jack you done good."
When I heard the next day I went to see him to see "how he was" and he said his yellow lab was still shook up. Her name was "Baby". He was fine. She was used to retrieving birds Jack shot but never saw him shoot something that big.
He died last year and I really miss him. He and my Dad used to ride to Florida and all over Georgia together to shoot in rifle matches back in 40s/50s. One really great guy. I went by to see him one day and he came out in shorts with no shirt and the shrapnel scars were unbelievable. He looked like he had been in a chain saw fight and his wouldn't start.
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