First off, I don't recall the unit, as I was TAD from a Fire Control
Center, in Danang. My MOS was 0844 (Fire Control) and
9940 (Vietnamese Language). But I was a Troop Handler,
at ITR (Camp Pendleton), for a year, and my specialty was
Mortars.

Too many years, & too much "Sunshine, Haze, crosses, &
Panama" has killed too many brain cells, to recall alot of
details, but I was the "Shitbird Sgt", from day 1, as I got
busted down 2 stripes, prior to Nam, for insubordination, &
assault (no contact, but attempted it). I had an attitude that
got me promoted, but also kept me in trouble.

I was just checking the group, as I only have a couple of pics,
and no names, to go with a unique time, in my life.

Good future, and
much success,
to us all.

PS: The millipede was black, about 1/2 inch thick, and about a foot
long. It had its body wrapped around white eggs, which Dutch cooked
also. Whenever anyone talks about being really hungry, & what they'd
eat, I bring out my "bug" tale. Like you, I never got "that hungry".

Ted

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 18:47:14 -0800, Patrick t.
wrote:

>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