i want to tellyou a Korean warrie,bullets flying every whee not for the squeamish

in my unit,64 fld pk squad RE,s
just far enough behind the front line
bonfire night every night i mean gunfire night
i lived in a 12 maan tent
yankee style type
,we had a guard house,made Canadian,korean style
and out side that Guard house ,Stood a FIRE ExTINGUISHER
a big large bottle and a big pair of wheels
it ws higher than me at 5 2
it never Moved,no one checked it to see if it worked we never had time
now,to get to the next tent where Dog troop were
they were away from the rest of us they also had a 12 man tent
we had to go up a Man made ramp12 ft steep ish
on this day when it happened it was Lunch time
Oh yes we had lunch when we were in camp
in the Cook house
powdered spuds and Chicken legs every day
and i mean every day
(no wonder i enjoyed my pack up meals when i could not get to lunch)
this day, as approached the mess room
i saw a chap at the door looking towards Dog troop
so i looked and it was on fire
then suddenly it burst into a inferno
so of course
the lads went to the Fire Extinguisher
several of then tried
eventually they got moving
they tried to shove it up this ramp
it was too mich it run back
and now the the ammunition got hot
and Bullets were flying every where
but the lads shoved that extingusher up the Hill
to wards the fire
not one of us took any notice of the Bullets flying around
then,they opened the tap on the extinguisher
it went PLOP SPLUTT
nothing
then we took a breather and looked at the tent
well there wasnt one
the fire was out
an occasional bang from a round going off
and you know what
we all said ff it
and went back to dinner
several days later the war ended

 

HeHe nt

 

Bob you should put all these in a book

you would sell thousands

 

RE: Bob you should put all these in a book

yes wish i new how
did i ever tell you of
the time,taking a load of sand bags
remeber i had a ten tonner leyland hippo
i had 6 Korean labourers
one in the cab(me sargy)
5 on the back of the wagon
up a very steep hill, i missed a gear
no brakes without any revs
i had to loose my revs to get backin gear
i could do nothing
i said ,to Sargy Bags under wheels,
i repeated it ,he suddenly cottoned on
and they put bags un der the wheels
i eased the revs the bags helsd me
ond off i went up the Hill
and i mean steep
Long stop hill it was called
i got away with it
wowe

 

RE: reminds me of the day on stainborough low

yes an absolute icy day on the Low
i had come thro thurgolland on Stocksbridge Circ
going down stainborugh ow
and me Bus turned into a sledge
nothing i could do
i was in low gear
no good using brakes
and we were off,a tracky sledge
when suddenly i hit a gritted bit of road
and the gear held us
and no one on the Bus knew a thing about it

 

its a steep hill that Bob

done the same thing in my old Sierra, only there was no grit and I carried on down until I hit the side of the road.