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Offline AKcurly

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« on: November 28, 2004, 01:29:50 AM »
Chuck Yeager's grandson in Fallujah (Marine 3/5.)  He tossed a grenade through a door, someone threw it back out, he threw it back in.  Persistent sucker. :)

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« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2004, 01:40:52 AM »
Holey Crap!   That's a good read.  Thanks for the post curly

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« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2004, 02:28:20 AM »
The first is a Marine from 3/5.  His name is Corporal Yeager (Chuck Yeager's grandson).  As the Marines cleared and apartment building, they got to the top floor and the point man kicked in the door.  As he did so, an enemy grenade and a burst of gunfire came out.  The explosion and enemy fire took off the point man's leg.  He was then immediately shot in the arm as he lay in the doorway.  Corporal Yeager tossed a grenade in the room and ran into the doorway and into the enemy fire in order to pull his buddy back to cover.  As he was dragging the wounded Marine to cover, his own grenade came back through the doorway.  Without pausing, he reached down and threw the grenade back through the door while he heaved his buddy to safety.  The grenade went off inside the room and Cpl Yeager threw another in.  He immediately entered the room following the second explosion.  He gunned down three enemy all within three feet of where he stood and then let fly a third grenade as he backed out of the room to complete the evacuation of the wounded Marine.  You have to understand that a grenade goes off within 5 seconds of having the pin pulled.  Marines usually let them "cook off" for a second or two before tossing them in.   Therefore, this entire episode took place in less than 30 seconds...

Damn!

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« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2004, 02:39:17 AM »
Have any of you all read Yeager's autobiography?  GOOD BOOK




If not I highly recommend reading it.


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« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2004, 02:58:36 AM »
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Originally posted by tapakeg
Have any of you all read Yeager's autobiography?  GOOD BOOK




If not I highly recommend reading it.


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Sure.  However, the best one of the American genre is "Thunderbolt" by Robert Johnson.  

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« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2004, 03:30:58 AM »
Great read
"My grandaddy always told me, "There are three things that'll put a good man down: Losin' a good woman, eatin' bad possum, or eatin' good possum."" - Holden McGroin

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« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2004, 08:51:24 AM »
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Originally posted by Sixpence
Great read


Seconded!

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« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2004, 10:03:45 AM »
did he check to see if the guys he shot were wounded?

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« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2004, 10:14:22 AM »
Great story, definition of courage.
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« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2004, 10:32:17 AM »
WTG YEAGER!

The pansies behind their monitor on this BBS should learn from this guy.
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« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2004, 10:34:40 AM »
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WTG YEAGER!

The pansies behind their monitor on this BBS should learn from this guy.


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« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2004, 11:20:35 AM »
Awesome.... gave me chills.
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« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2004, 11:44:44 AM »
What we need are Helmet Cams on our soldiers so we can catch them violating the Geneva Convention....the only way Cpl. Yeager could have taken out three bad guys like that is if he cheated.

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« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2004, 12:02:30 PM »
Dunno bout the rest of you guys but it looks to me like Cpl Yeager should be in line for a bronze star at the very least
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« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2004, 02:01:31 PM »
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What we need are Helmet Cams on our soldiers so we can catch them violating the Geneva Convention....the only way Cpl. Yeager could have taken out three bad guys like that is if he cheated.


ya man....that sounds alot like spawn camping to me.  Dam grenade fragging weanie.