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I wish my experiences with the M113 were different, in a corner of our compound in Long Binh Vietnam sat a M113 that was used as a guard post because of a very large hole in it's side made by an RPG, my other was the burned out hulk of one that had a flame thrower, it seemed like someone on the...

I qualified as a sharpshooter with the M-14 at Ft.Polk,LA in 1965, it was quite a shock from the .22 my dad taught us to shoot. It was my main battle rife up to when I left the Army in 1968. I had it when I went to Camp Page Korea then 54th Ord.Co.Vietnam and I grew to love that rifle that never...

I know this is is about the Zippo's but my experience was with a M-113 APC outfitted with a flame thrower, having dense jungle around the main ordnance facility in Bien Hoa Vietnam some higher up decided that the jungle could be eliminated by using this M-113, it worked well until it had to be...

I have the pleasure of owning a M1 Grand which I purchased at TurnersOutdoorsman Warehouse in Chino, CA, it was in a "as is"barrel at a very low cost, I found it had a functioning problem of just firing one cartridge .Luckily I did business with a gunsmith named Jim Groneing who worked on...

What an "Oops" moment, the armorer should have checked such an item.

In 1966 I was introduced to the M-79 by driving on the interior road in our ammo depot and witnessed a tree limb explode at a distance to my left, followed by several more explosions with the tree being reduced to a stump, I observed a M151 with two figures enjoying firing the bloop gun. It...