Author: Fred Childs

Bumper Stickers Seen on Military Bases

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BUMPER STICKERS SEEN ON MILITARY BASES

• 101St Airborne Division- “When it comes to Combat, care enough to send the very best”;

• “When in doubt, empty the magazine”;.

• Sniper– “You can run, but you’ll just die tired!”;

• Machine Gunners – “Accuracy By Volume”;

• “Except For Ending Slavery, Fascism, Nazism and Communism, WAR has Never Solved Anything.”;

• U.S. Marines – “Certified Counselors to the 72 Virgins Dating Club.”;

• U.S. Air Force – “Travel Agents To Allah”.

• The Marine Corps – “When It Absolutely, Positively Has To Be Destroyed Overnight”;

• “Death Smiles At Everyone – Marines Smile Back”

• “What Do I Feel When I Kill A Terrorist? A Little Recoil”

• “Marines – Providing Enemies of America an Opportunity To Die For their Country Since 1775″

• “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Anyone Who Threatens It”

• “Happiness Is A Belt-Fed Weapon”

• “It’s God’s Job to Forgive Bin Laden – It was Our Job To Arrange The Meeting”

• “Artillery Brings Dignity to What Would Otherwise Be Just A Vulgar Brawl”;

• “One Shot, Twelve Kills – U.S. Naval Gun Fire Support “;

• “My Kid Fought In Iraq So Your Kid Can Party In College and Protest”;

• “A Dead Enemy Is A Peaceful Enemy – Blessed Be The Peacemakers”;

• “Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. US Military doesn’t have that problem.”

The Bush

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the bush

THE BUSH


If you were a Grunt or an artillery forward observer or just unlucky, you humped the Bush. The “Bush,” had many forms, variations and aspects. The Bush stays with you always. A sight, smell, sound or sense can bring the personal images from the internal vault file to be reviewed, reminded and re-posted but never forgotten.

The Bush is always wet-always hot, always painful, always too much. Rope crossings. Poncho crossings. Always crossings. Sometimes the water is a welcome cool. Sometimes an obstacle to safety. It is always a challenge. Charlie puts mines in the water and on the bank. The bank is greasy and you can grab the wrong thing.

The Bush are boats to be checked or passed or engaged. It is families, dogs, fishes and bad guys. Hard to figure out. Sometimes too hard and too late.

The Bush is leeches-big, little and everywhere. Small at first. Big, wet and bloody later. Mosquitos sensed by sound. Sometimes by sight. Always there. DEET is good-for maybe 15 minutes. Stings constantly-the DEET and the mosquito. Tradeoffs. Continue reading →

Arlen Bliefernicht, Army Veteran – Vietnam War

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Arlen is one of our own from the 1/22/4th Infantry. His experiences are documented in our book “The Battle for Chu Moor Mountain”  Click to see the book

Army veteran Arlen Bliefernicht discusses his service with the 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam during a July 15, 2010, interview . . . including the vicious combat he’d experienced during the April 1968 battle of Chu Moor, fought near the Cambodian border.