PhillipM
06-14-2013, 10:23
My father is a Korean war vet, but not a combat vet per se, he was with the 6th army medical corps in charge of the blood supply. He told me once about catching some friendly fire from the USAF, but that was about it. His gunplay was just that, playing with guns, shooting all he wanted far from the fight.
Now for the story I'd not heard. A friend of mine begged me to buy a 1st Special Service Force Case repop dagger off ebay for him since he didn't have a credit card. I did and it was shipped to the office, like everything else. Dad still works every day, at age 82.
When I unwrapped it, Dad said, "That's the same kind of knife that damn gook tried to kill me with!" I asked for details and he said his Korean secretary invited him to her parent's home to meet them and have dinner. He accepted and went to the little hut with bamboo walls and broke bread with them. At some point a guerrilla lunged through the wall of the shack, making a mess of the dinner party. The commie reached behind his back with both hands... dad said that's when he knew it was a guerrilla bent on killing him... and started flinging knives! Dad drew his 45 and fired one shot, completely missing his assailant.
You can tell the story is true when dad said he left running one way, tearing down the fence and his assailant ran the other!
Sometimes it's discussed what condition troops carried their sidearms. I tried to milk dad for info regarding condition 0, 1, 2, etc, and his reply was the topic of this post, "How do you think I'd carry it in a war zone." That reply made me realize the method of carry was more simple in the war zone; keep your weapon ready at all times!
Now for the story I'd not heard. A friend of mine begged me to buy a 1st Special Service Force Case repop dagger off ebay for him since he didn't have a credit card. I did and it was shipped to the office, like everything else. Dad still works every day, at age 82.
When I unwrapped it, Dad said, "That's the same kind of knife that damn gook tried to kill me with!" I asked for details and he said his Korean secretary invited him to her parent's home to meet them and have dinner. He accepted and went to the little hut with bamboo walls and broke bread with them. At some point a guerrilla lunged through the wall of the shack, making a mess of the dinner party. The commie reached behind his back with both hands... dad said that's when he knew it was a guerrilla bent on killing him... and started flinging knives! Dad drew his 45 and fired one shot, completely missing his assailant.
You can tell the story is true when dad said he left running one way, tearing down the fence and his assailant ran the other!
Sometimes it's discussed what condition troops carried their sidearms. I tried to milk dad for info regarding condition 0, 1, 2, etc, and his reply was the topic of this post, "How do you think I'd carry it in a war zone." That reply made me realize the method of carry was more simple in the war zone; keep your weapon ready at all times!