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 Posted: Sat Nov 5th, 2005 01:09 pm
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pacifichrono



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 KenC wrote: "MECH" = mechanized which means using armored personnel carriers to transport troops to the battlefield, but in the jungles of Vietnam, a lot of the operations reverted to "leg" infantry or, as it was known, "humpin' the jungle".

BTW, in the Army, "Armored" means "Tanker"!

16th Infantry Regimental Crest



 

Oh!  "Humpin the jungle."  Kinda like the "ground-pounding" I'm doing here?  Note the genuine Caravelle!!!