Hello Sgt Grit,
Here my story for you. We in Amtrac were known as Amgrunt, had the Tracks to drive but we did alot of foot patrols. When I first got to 1st Amtrac up by the Cua Viet river we had to be a initiated into the platoon, this was done to see if we could work together as a team, first the old timers would put a ring of sand on the ramp of the amtrac, next we took a few swings with a sledgehammer to see if we could hit the center, then came the blindfold, to see if we still could hit the center, but unkown to us we were beating the h-ll out of our cover[ keep mine for a ong time]. Sure had a good time doing it too the newbees, But my first time was cut short, on my first patrol to the DMZ I was wounded, spent the next 41 days in the hospital at Cam Ranh Bay before I went back to my unit. sending you some photos of the first copterIi took a ride on, I was on a stretcher up by the door, talk about a cold ride,[ but another story]. here are some pictures of me and the Amtracs. Thats me looking out of the drivers hatch. Use the ones you want,
Semper Fi
Sgt. Larry Walker
Nam 67-70