#8 Postby azskyman » Sat Mar 22, 2003 9:25 pm
While much information is preliminary, tonight's attack within the 101st Airborne compound brings back vivid memories from 33 years ago.
I recall instances where the NCO's (non-commissioned officers) were indeed placed in jeapordy by our own troops.
On more than one occasion, the NCO barracks would be planted with grenades that had pins pulled and replaced by a piece of cloth which was then soaking in a bath of gasoline or kerosene. The thought being that the fuel would both slowly deteriorate the cloth and then serve as a fuel after the blast.
I myself, while living on the second floor of a wood and tin barracks, had a PFC below me who unleashed an entire clip (was it 21 rounds?) of M16 ammo through the floor of our room and one other. I was not in the room at the time, but shortly thereafter we wrestled this man to the ground outside and he was later thrown in the "brig" for this type of behavior.
In our case, the primary source of the anger that drove this type of discention was either race related and/or substance abuse.
We shall see what the results of this investigation will show.
azskyman (Vietnam 1970)
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