Bed Check Charlie

[Ed Evanhoe <evanhoe1@korean-war.com>]

Welcome to the list, Tony;

>>At 11:18 PM 10/2/2003, you wrote:
> John, for a fact, Marine Corsairs did give close air support, because we 
> had "bed check charlie" come in on us one night, and dropped a couple of 
> hand grenades, beleive it or not. They  got Bn. Hdq'trs, and a couple of 
> the officers had shrapnel in their "butts". Half hour later word came over 
> the phone, ( I was on the phone that nite) that Marine Corsairs got 
> Charlie,------- True story
>                             TONY <<

Suppect the "hand grenades' were likely mortar rounds, or at least that is 
what Charlie dropped when he "bombed" partisan-held islands.

Ed


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