Re: Drug Use in Korea

[<ResareRC@aol.com>]

In a message dated 8/1/01 11:12:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ChosinMead@aol.com writes:


> I've got your bullshit! Our Corpsman made a weekly run to get the 190-we got 
> orange juice from the Army and mixed it with the 190


Your Corpsman was a great guy no doubt, however, your original post could 
easily be interpreted to indicate that it was a common practice for Corpsmen 
to issue grain alcohol to his fellow Marines, and that's how I read it.  This 
was not the case.  Grain Alcohol issued by the Navy Medical Department was 
non-existant in the 7th Marine infantry regiment to my knowledge  If there 
was any available, it would have been at a field hospital far to the rear.  
The supplies issued to me as a Corpsman in an rifle platoon consisted solely 
of the contents of the Field Medical Kit.  Its contained  bandage sheers, 
morphine, minor surgery kit, tourniquet, Copper Sulfate pads for WP wounds, 
et cetera.  There was no grain alcohol.  I take exception to the implication 
that Corpsmen were uniformily issuing alcohol to Marines as a standard 
practice during the Korean War. I do not dispute your individual experience, 
however.
Robert Resare in Tigard, Oregon, USA