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Operation 2-70 (Calvary Glory) FOB Bunard
03/22/70 - 04/21/70
Narrative for photos 20 - 25:
The killing of buffalo, elephants, and any large wild game, in the
area of influence of the enemy, was sanctioned by most commanders
because these animals were a food source and in the case of buffalo
and elephant, a beast of burden to transport heavy weapons and
ammunition. It sickened me to see such policy and I know that
thousands of buffalo were slaughtered, many times indiscriminately,
during the war. Most of it was done by helicopter door gunners. |
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How Douche Bag (photo 34) got her name:
We had a SGM Harry D. (Crash) Whalen at the time; a man small in
stature; and whenever we had a formation in Nha Trang, he would come
out like a banty rooster and call us all a bunch of "*&%^$#@(<>?
Douche Bags", whether we had screwed up or not. We loved the old
guy. Since we were a "bunch of douche bags", a mascot,
especially a female, would have to be one of us.
Narrative for photos 35 & 36:
The men of the Recon section of Delta were naturally very close and
would sometimes go to extremes to play harmless pranks on each
other, or show affection and trust, most of which were lurid by
others' standards. Such things were considered normal behavior by us
but to someone else, they would seem unnatural, shocking, or even
perverted. These characters would defy someone else to criticize
their actions and delighted in shocking them. It would be considered
great sport to make someone sick enough to vomit by consuming some
loathsome object, such as a bug, frog, leech, etc. Did all of us act
this way? NO, absolutely not, but we accepted it. This behavior was
restricted to a few brave and gallant individuals. This is to
explain some of the photos on this page. |
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