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9 March 2017, 11:21
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Damn.
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9 March 2017, 12:21
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SB had already retired by then I think.
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9 March 2017, 12:55
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Great photo!!
I can't be sure with the resolution I have - but is the weapon most of the team holding grease guns?
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9 March 2017, 13:51
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Late 50s, then?
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9 March 2017, 22:08
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Why is someone as innocent as me subjected to unprovoked attacks?
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10 March 2017, 16:31
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Quote:
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10 March 2017, 20:10
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2nd Force stood up in 1957-8. It was during the first deployments to Vietnam that they realized they would likely be making enemy contact on on most patrols and needed to carry something that was better for a protracted fight than the M3. As cool as the M3 is, five of them against a platoon of AK's is pretty much a nonstarter. No matter how much of bunch of badasses the five guys are.
That said, the units probably kept them on the TO&E for years.
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11 March 2017, 09:20
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The "horseshoe" was in full effect back then. Dude far left bottom gave no fucks with that stache. Awesome pic.
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