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On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:23:36 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

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HEY! You could have put *French Marines* in your header. The version that
made the news was almost as funny. IIRC the flag they were flying was
almost as big as the landing craft. What a joke.

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
link.net...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...ating%2C+funny


Back in October, I tried to fish a creek whose bottom behaved that way. I
can sympathize. Style & grace? Gone.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:23:36 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...ating%2C+funny

I feel sorry for those guys - that's tough. If that had been a real
assault, they would have been dead meat. I've seen a similar
situation when the landing craft hit a sandbar and it looked ok, but
right after the sandbar, there was a hole about four feet deep -
damned near drowned a couple of guys.

It is funny though - especially the guy with the exploded PFD with is
hands up in the air - I couldn't stop laughing.

In 1959 I was participating in a USMC night amphibious practice landing on
what was then called Formosa. The landing craft came to a halt, the ramp
dropped, the first jeep drove off and promptly sunk in six feet of water.

Oh well....

D.Duck wrote:

In 1959 I was participating in a USMC night amphibious practice landing on
what was then called Formosa. The landing craft came to a halt, the ramp
dropped, the first jeep drove off and promptly sunk in six feet of water.



Just think what it was like in Normandy....

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:19:25 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


I feel sorry for those guys - that's tough. If that had been a real
assault, they would have been dead meat. I've seen a similar
situation when the landing craft hit a sandbar and it looked ok, but
right after the sandbar, there was a hole about four feet deep -
damned near drowned a couple of guys.

Like "Bloody Tarawa"? Wading 500 yards through enemy fire ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa

D.Duck wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:23:36 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...ating%2C+funny
I feel sorry for those guys - that's tough. If that had been a real
assault, they would have been dead meat. I've seen a similar
situation when the landing craft hit a sandbar and it looked ok, but
right after the sandbar, there was a hole about four feet deep -
damned near drowned a couple of guys.

It is funny though - especially the guy with the exploded PFD with is
hands up in the air - I couldn't stop laughing.

In 1959 I was participating in a USMC night amphibious practice landing on
what was then called Formosa. The landing craft came to a halt, the ramp
dropped, the first jeep drove off and promptly sunk in six feet of water.

Oh well....

Back in the early 80's we were doing an exercise off of Onslow Beach and
a Mike Boat dropped the ramp while still 500 yards off shore. The poor
PFC sitting in the drivers seat of a duce and a half floored it drove
right into 20 feet of water with a full load of supplies in the back.