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Back in 1971...as a lark on Valentine's Day, our Platoon Sergeant told us to all give a Valentine's Card to folks who we felt did good work, and we could count on them.
Just put the cards, or little chocolates in the Platoon Office Message box. We all had little slots for messages or envelopes, or mail. At the end of the day almost everyone had a chocolate or card in their box. Except for one guy who was our M 60 Machine Gunner (and a Vietnam Vet). He taped a big heart to the M 60 with a handwritten note: "Love you, Pig."
And we all agreed that was the biggest love story in our Platoon.
Back in 1971...as a lark on Valentine's Day, our Platoon Sergeant told us to all give a Valentine's Card to folks who we felt did good work, and we could count on them.
Just put the cards, or little chocolates in the Platoon Office Message box. We all had little slots for messages or envelopes, or mail. At the end of the day almost everyone had a chocolate or card in their box. Except for one guy who was our M 60 Machine Gunner (and a Vietnam Vet). He taped a big heart to the M 60 with a handwritten note: "Love you, Pig."
And we all agreed that was the biggest love story in our Platoon.
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At Ranger School (73-3), I carried "The Pig" on most patrols. If I wasn't carrying the M60, I would be saddled with the PRC 77. To be honest, if I was in combat, I would rather carry "The Pig" because there is something magical happening with every trigger pull. I always felt the recoil and imagine the impact it had on enemy.
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We found in our unit (3/8Inf 4th Inf.Div )working in the Central Highlands 1967 that the M60 was our main base of return fire,simply due to the fact our issued M16 A1s had a multiple jamming problems,and the M 60s at least could effectively return fire
We found in our unit (3/8Inf 4th Inf.Div )working in the Central Highlands 1967 that the M60 was our main base of return fire,simply due to the fact our issued M16 A1s had a multiple jamming problems,and the M 60s at least could effectively return fire
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Loved the “Pig,” lugging around those 100 rd linked 7.62 ammo belts added weight to an already pretty hefty “Pack and Play “load but when things got all noisy,that return fire sound was magical, Welcome Home Brothers.
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I carried the M60 in Vietnam. Ours were 100% reliable. We were tankers so the Army never taught us all that fancy stuff like changing the barrel when it got hot -- it wasn't unusual to get one visibly glowing red hot.
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