Sailors and Marines... An old Sailor and an old Marine were sitting at the VFW arguing about whod had the tougher career. I did 30 years in the Corps, the Marine declared proudly, and fought in three of my countrys wars. Fresh out of boot camp I hit the beach at Okinawa, clawed my way up the blood-soaked sand, and eventually took out an entire enemy machine gun nest with a single grenade. As a sergeant, I fought in Korea alongside General MacArthur. We pushed back the enemy inch by bloody inch all the way up to the Chinese border, always under a barrage of artillery and small arms fire. Finally, as a gunny, I did three consecutive combat tours in Vietnam. We humped through the mud and razorgrass for 14 hours a day, plagued by rain and mosquitoes, ducking under sniper fire all day and mortar fire all night. In a firefight, wed fire until our arms ached and our guns were empty, then wed charge the enemy with bayonets! Ah, said the Sailor with a dismissive wave of his hand. All shore duty, huh?
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 01:35:42 +0000
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