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RE: M756A1 The policy on Stay Behind Equipment was this: No vehicle with armor applied would leave the theather. Since many of the Guard units that came over to the war with dueces and five tons they scrambled to armor them because of the threat to travel off of the FOB. In the early stages...

Amen: I know it is great to see these pictures and read the accounts, I still regret not taking many pictures during my enlisted days in the 70's and in the first Gulf War. I saw so many things people would not believe without a picture. I try to take as many as I can now since I have no...

You hit the nail right on the head about the Army Guard equitpment. If it was not a combat requirement vehicle, the Guard shipped the items home. No current equipment was shipped like UAH's or FMTV's or any vehicle with an approved armor kit added to it has been shipped back the CONUS unless...

I have seen way too many cabs filled with blood and body parts I don't like to think of the Soldiers that way. It is so impersonal. I hope most Americans never have to see the results of a mine strike or an RPG or ground fire that cuts through sheetmetal like a hot knife through butter. It is...

RE: More pictures. 1968 Great Photos, Thanks for posting them. I know how you feel about how things change. When a young enlisted man in the early 70's I did not see myself owning a duece either but then I would not have been able to take it with me anyway. One of the great encouragements I...