Were they Millipedes or Centipedes? The Mongo centipedes had toxic
footprints. If one of them walked across exposed skin they left a track that
looked like a surgical scar that had refused to heal. Nasty welt.

--

Don Thompson

"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before
them, glory and danger alike, and notwithstanding go out to meet it."-
Thucydides

"Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of Freedom:
Therefore they do not believe in dying completely."-
Albert Camus


"Patrick t." wrote in message
newsf5m10dld3jvppbojjfep4qra9v2p7jbid@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 0128 GMT, T. Luster wrote:
>
> Ted, what unit and what was your MOS? It would be easier to find
> things for you. I remember those giant Millipeed's. They had purple
> and they had yellow and they had black. I was tempted once, but then
> again, we weren't too keen on experimenting even though we hadn't
> eaten in days.
>
> Semper Fi
> >To my brothers,
> >
> >I was a Marine Cpl, in Vietnam, from June 1970-Mar 1971. I was on a
> >Artillery Observation Hill, Hill 250 or Hill 255, outside An Hoa, but
> >I'm not sure if the #'s are correct, after 30 years. We encompassed
> >mortars & machine guns, & observation equipment. We had a very
> >"horny" German Shepherd, & a Dutch Marine, who showed us how
> >to cook a giant "Millipeed", in water, during a food shortage.
> >
> >At night, or early morning, we could use the night vision telescope to
> >watch the villagers wash clothes, or bathe, in the small river that
> >ran alongside their village.
> >
> >Our "hootches" were half-pipes, covered with sandbags.
> >
> >If anyone recalls this Hill, please respond to this post.
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >Ted Luster
> >USMC 67-71
> >Fresno CA
>