tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post7952517424614737936..comments2024-03-28T09:46:22.919-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Badass of the yearBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-86010407083088774292016-03-28T22:07:10.766-04:002016-03-28T22:07:10.766-04:00Around '66-'68, there was a US Army platoo...Around '66-'68, there was a US Army platoon(?) that ran into a large NVA force. They proceeded to running until they got to a hill they thought they could hold. They marked their position with smoke. Air support didn't seem able to stop the enemy, and they were getting overrun. The LT called for a strike on their own smoke marker. They were advised that all that was immediately available was napalm. "Drop it". A handful of those US soldiers survived.<br />The LT got a Silver Star. Years later, I figured out that the reason he didn't get a higher award was he didn't accomplish his original mission, and lost most of his men in a defensive action. That he was instrumental in the destruction of so many of the enemy (IIRC, several hundred) didn't count. (He was originally put in for a MOH.)<br /><br />He was a local boy, and they had him in for a show-n-tell in the high school auditorium. I think his story was also in Life Magazine. (cover story, maybe)Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-11893345099185912962016-03-28T18:54:33.635-04:002016-03-28T18:54:33.635-04:00Probably clanks when he walks.....Probably clanks when he walks.....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-65245506436497040562016-03-28T12:14:53.962-04:002016-03-28T12:14:53.962-04:00One tough Son-of-a-bitch!
gfaOne tough Son-of-a-bitch!<br /><br />gfaGuffaw in AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356210589713923042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-9320139723069146052016-03-28T10:59:00.497-04:002016-03-28T10:59:00.497-04:00I think he chose the better option than what would...I think he chose the better option than what would have happened if he was captured.Irishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09772405362867585844noreply@blogger.com