On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 01:20:06 GMT, Dave Heil wrote
in . net:

Frank Gilliland wrote:
snip
Yep. It takes some big, hairy balls to walk onto the battlefield
carrying a piece of equipment that will be the first thing the enemy
shoots at, especially when the radio is bulky and/or heavy enough to
limit your mobility. The casualty rate for radiomen in combat is even
higher than EOD.

Not if the fighting is in Korea and you happen to be in a big building
in Japan, Frank.


I wouldn't know, Dave. I got my leg perforated in Beirut and I was
only packing a Simpson 260. Not much experience, I grant you. But
since that happened several months after most of 1/8's comm platoon
got wiped out by the barracks bombing, I really didn't have a chance
to get -their- opinion on the subject.

I take it that -you- have a different opinion?








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