Re: Cabines

["J.E. Ballow" <bballow@motion.net>]

Speaking of the Carbine. In late 51 or early 52 we were visited by the
French General in charge in Viet-Nam or French Indo China as it was then
called. He was complaining about his local troops not being able to carry
the regulation French Army rifle or the American M-1. Just too damn heavy.
We shipped him a boat load of the Carbines that no body seemed to want in
Korea.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Evanhoe" <evanhoe@arbuckleonline.com>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: Cabines


> Bob,
>
>  >>At 12:16 PM 11/1/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> >M-boat?<<
>
> Landing Craft, Men (LCM)  The box-like landing craft with a drop-down bow
> ramp.  You've seen pictures of them in WWII movies about the D-Day landing
> and Marine landings in the Pacific.
>
> Ed
>
> Ed Evanhoe, PO Box 916, Antlers, OK, 74523-0916
> Author: DARKMOON: Eighth Army Special Operations in the Korean War
> Life member: Special Forces & Special Operations Associations
> Web site:  http://www.korean-war.com
>
>