wow, you was a jarhead?

I was USMC 1965-1971, 0211/0251/8611 with Chinese Mandarin and Korean at DLI.
Attended CAP school in Danang for Vietnamese.


----- Original Message -----
From: baddawg6us
To: ColonialWars@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 2:24 PM
Subject: [ColonialWars] Re: The Wind and the Lion Question







WELL DAN DALY(i think it was him) was the USMC ranker i used as a source, and
he says he was bustin' caps into the BOXERS with a 6mm LEE straight pull bolt
action rifle, and i would tend to believe him over any other official sources.
he was there, on the wall at PEKING and not in an office compiling official data
. . .

but then i am extremely doubtful about a lot of "official sources" when
compared to folks version who actually attended the dance. this is based largely
upon the plethora of inaccuracies i am always finding concerning events in the
RVN that i actually took part in, and not compiled from unit war diaries or
official histories by some one who manned the TOC at the time ,or an office
miles and maybe years away from the actual events. . . .

i always get two USMC double MEDAL OF HONOR winners confused. one was an
enlisted man and the other was an officer. they were both on active duty at the
same time.

if CHESTY PULLER had been more of a yes man instead of a fighting man, he
would have been a MOH, possibly a multiple MOH winner too. instead since he was
what he was and came from either VMI or THE CITADEL, he had to make do with a
mere five NAVY CROSSES . . . .

DAWGIE, puting on his best barrel chested, bulldog face look, and eyeballing
the situation . . . .

--- In ColonialWars@yahoogroups.com, "Graydon Gorby" <thegorb@...> wrote:
>
> --- In ColonialWars@yahoogroups.com, "Graydon Gorby" <thegorb@> wrote:
>
> > I was watching the marines double time through Tangier and found
> > myself wondering what rifles they were carrying.
>
> Thanks to everyone who replied to this question.
>
> The answer is:
> The U.S. Model 1896 Krag Jorgensen rifle.
>
> I ran across this website:
> http://www.imfdb.com
> Which is the Internet Movie Firearms Database. Dedicated solely to listing
the specific firearms that appeared in every movie ever made.
>
> Now, whether the marines in WatL should have been armed with the M1895 Navy
Lee rather than the Krag is open to dispute.
>
> Marines in the Asiatic Fleet were issued Krags as early as 1900, four years
before the WatL takes place so it is quite likely they would have been used.
>
> Regards, Graydon
>





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