chieftain
Member
Well,
I only did 10yrs in the Corps.
2 tours in the Nam.
My draftee story follows:
during my second tour in the middle of 1969.
We were making an assault. I had been attached and assigned this chewed up squad of IIRC 5 guys.
We had to move out and they were holding back. I used a standard Marine encourgement.
"What the F**K, move out you all vollenteered for this."
One guy say's, "Sarge, I was drafted."
All I remember is that I never felt so bad for a guy in my life.
No body got hit that day.
But I realize with our casualties we needed Cannon fodder. But it isn't right.
Corps took more Casualties in Viet Nam than in WW II. Not dead, we didn't quite make it. Damn MediVacs kept us alive better than in WWII.
Fred
I only did 10yrs in the Corps.
2 tours in the Nam.
My draftee story follows:
during my second tour in the middle of 1969.
We were making an assault. I had been attached and assigned this chewed up squad of IIRC 5 guys.
We had to move out and they were holding back. I used a standard Marine encourgement.
"What the F**K, move out you all vollenteered for this."
One guy say's, "Sarge, I was drafted."
All I remember is that I never felt so bad for a guy in my life.
No body got hit that day.
But I realize with our casualties we needed Cannon fodder. But it isn't right.
Corps took more Casualties in Viet Nam than in WW II. Not dead, we didn't quite make it. Damn MediVacs kept us alive better than in WWII.
Fred