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RE: Hit the dirt!



Along the Naktong in early August, an Arty officer was in our CP, talking to someone on his radio. A sp shell hit nearby, and he signed off saying, I gotta go - someone has Inspire CP zeroed in. Very soon after, all hell broke loose. Someone was listening.
 
Gene
 
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From: owner-KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu [mailto:owner-KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu]On Behalf Of swan
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 9:24 AM
To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
Subject: Hit the dirt!

Once, we were scouting for the 187th Airborne, and we were sent out to locate the enemy. We came under fire from the enemy, then radioed for the troopers to come in with a larger force and engage them. We were lolling beside the road, smoking cigarettes, when suddenly mortar rounds began exploding around us. I was sitting near the radioman, and I heard one of our officers radio back saying we had reached our objective, and didn't need the mortar fire. I heard some excited guy shout over the radio, "Sir, them ain't our mortars!" I rolled into the ditch while the officer ran down the road shouting, "Hit the dirt! Take cover!"   
 

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