Comments for CAPT H and MajMike...

CAPT H and MajMike...

2006-10-11T13:20:05Z

...this one's for you guys. Oh, heck, Neffi too. Any tankers.

Some Marine tankers taking a break to forage (and hopefully bathe and wash their clothes if one guy in the background is any indicator) during a break in the fighting on Okinawa, April 1945.

Comment from Arditi on 2006-10-14

2006-10-14T16:13:39Z

I'd like to see that. I remember training at a Japanese base at Mt. Fuji. The volcanic ash or soil made it difficult to control speed going down hills. I can still visualize some grunts on either side of the road leaping to the further shoulder with my tank barreling down the hill, with foot on the brake, and little control. I could feel my underside puckering on that occasion. whew!

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2006-10-14

2006-10-14T14:59:45Z

You know it's going to stop some time. Oh! My sides hurt from *that* visual!

Comment from Murray on 2006-10-13

2006-10-14T03:00:51Z

What I wouldn't give for an Army dentist now! Also got to watch while a group of troopers found out why their vehicle commanders never let them break BOTH tracks at the same time when track bashing in the field. Just the tiniest of slopes is all it takes. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..... You know it's going to stop some time.

Comment from arditi on 2006-10-13

2006-10-13T20:19:05Z

ha ha ha ha

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2006-10-13

2006-10-13T11:59:52Z

Shoot, Arditi - we're just happy a Marine *has* teeth...

Comment from Arditi on 2006-10-12

2006-10-13T02:54:34Z

Murray, You and I had similar experiences. I was in Yakima, Washington(for desert training of all things) and pulled a track jack from under a tank into my face! Chipped my tooth in half. It was later repaired by an Army dentist! God bless all Army dentists...and please do not make fun of the Marine breaking his own teeth!

Comment from J.M. Heinrichs on 2006-10-12

2006-10-12T21:14:08Z

Definitely not a Ram ... Cheers

Comment from Murray on 2006-10-12

2006-10-12T18:47:36Z

I was once listed has having been "run over by tank", it got the nurses at the hospital very excited when the got the radio call. Till it turned out to be crushed fingers. Bastard thing rolled off it's jack during track bashing in the field.

Comment from Arditi on 2006-10-12

2006-10-12T13:43:40Z

Both, on occasion...Murray :} Majmike...you talk like you know....Marine tanker? End connectors, track blocks and rough road conditions...the bane of an enlisted Marine. :} Keep up the good work.

Comment from MajMike on 2006-10-12

2006-10-12T13:29:31Z

Arditi: gotta love a tanker who can crank a coincidence rangefinder on an M60A1. {for observation purposes only, not a request}

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2006-10-12

2006-10-12T10:56:07Z

Murray - yes.

Comment from Murray on 2006-10-11

2006-10-12T03:47:39Z

Was that an observation or a request?

Comment from Arditi on 2006-10-11

2006-10-12T02:18:25Z

ahhh...Marine tankers. Ya gotta love em'....thanks. Arditi Sgt of Marine tankers, 1982-1987

Comment from MajMike on 2006-10-11

2006-10-11T17:09:13Z

..and that's a nice fine beastie they've got for themselves to ride in.

Comment from LarryK on 2006-10-11

2006-10-11T15:56:03Z

OK ... Here's an idea. Let's all eat cabbage and then get in an enclosed metal container. NOT! Maybe that guy in the back had cabbage yesterday.

Comment from Neffi on 2006-10-11

2006-10-11T15:05:12Z

mmmmmmmmmm.... cabbage! Probably a welcome break from K rats...