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First you try hard to interject racial animosity in to the conversation then you post a link to an article about My Lai without any context. What are you trying to do here?
Guys,Kids], cut their[ my] hair real short,the tempture was 100 degrees plus with very high humidity..Some people just like to stir th pot.
My husband says they fixed the jamming problem during the war. It jammed BC it got dirty. They added a button ("bolt assist") that could be pushed manually so the bullet would enter the chamber, even if there was goop in the way.
Also, just read on line, they chrome lined the chamber so it was more slick.
This is our understanding, anybody with first hand info that could add more will be appreciated.
Your husband is correct. The key to the pre-chrome/bolt assist versions was to keep the weapon scrupulously clean.
In my division (First Infantry), all troops were required to shave every day -- in base camp or in the field. I know, sounds weird, but it's true. (Some of the black guys used Nair because their facial skin would break out from repeated razor use). So we noncoms would require every trooper to clean their weapon every morning right after shaving. It got to be routine. And it saved lives.
Can't let that go uncorrected. My husband isn't a Vietnam veteran. He reads alot so knows about guns.
Glad you made it home. Good system of keeping the guns clean after shaving every morning. So that daily requirement of shaving was put to some good use. Good that you noncoms thought of it.
Just starting episode 7 online. Mind blowing documentary. I forgot the name of the soldier that was talking about how he was triaged multiple times before another doctor finally recognized he needed help, but it floored me. He had a gaping chest wound.
John Musgrave.
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