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MCCOY'S MARINES: DARKSIDE TOWARD BAGHDAD
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| November 10, 2003
| John Koopman
Posted on 11/10/2003 5:04:34 PM PST by river rat
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:44:44 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Chapter 1: Welcome to the Marines . . . A seat on war's 50-yard line . . . Men in uniform will be killing people . . . A patch of paradise, here's Kuwait . . . Keeping up with Kilo Company . . . The time has come . . . Darkside's pep talk, clubbing baby seals . . . Staring into the face of death.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 34; baghdad; invasion; marines; usmc
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To: SAMWolf
Consider yourself flagged.
21
posted on
11/10/2003 9:52:01 PM PST
by
Valin
(We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.)
To: river rat
"My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby harp seals. We will hit them with everything we have." 1/8 bump.
Semper Fi.
L
22
posted on
11/10/2003 10:00:37 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Some people say you shouldn't kick a man when he's down. I say there's no better time to do it.)
To: Lurker
Some of the damnedest thoughts or statements have come from "uneducated" Gunnys...
"None of you bastards have orders or permission to die... Anyone of you that dies, will be immediatly Court Marshalled..."
"If I want prisoners, I will ask for them and describe them in great detail......Do NOT bring me unrequested prisoners.."
"Leave their dead on the surface a bit longer.....The wind is right, to carry the stench back to their positions..."
"I don't want anyone who can't read -- setting out the Claymores"....Especially, the part that reads - "This side toward enemy"!
There is no question in my mind, that the Lord put Gunnys on the earth to see to it that green ass Marines had the chance to get home to their families --- and the enemy didn't....
Happy Birthday Brothers
Semper Fi
23
posted on
11/10/2003 10:37:09 PM PST
by
river rat
(War works......It brings Peace... Give war a chance to destroy Jihadists...)
To: tet68
"Do it over agin? SIR, YES SIR! Damn, I didn't know you were a gluton for punishment....
Do you get up in the morning and slam your head with a hammer? Just kidding...
Remember brother, we're a LOT older now...
The wheels are just not as strong as they need to be..
The eyes not a sharp.....the nerves not a steady....
In short.....the "edge" is gone..and you KNOW that can get you killed real quick..
Let the young guys handle business.....They're doing just fine...
Semper Fi
24
posted on
11/10/2003 10:45:08 PM PST
by
river rat
(War works......It brings Peace... Give war a chance to destroy Jihadists...)
To: The Shrew
There are more "old grunts" in this forum that you would ever imagine!
The younguns are out their fighting, and we old farts have been reduced to keyboard warrior status...
Col. McCoy, the C.O. of 3/4 - is "Old Corps", get the job done, deal with combatants quickly, brutally, violently and get our boys home..
One of those rare Officers, with whom the Marine Corps seems to be overly blessed ---
Our "Young Lt." thought the world of him...
I'll try to post the rest of the series as the SF Chronicle released them... These are all going to be ACTUAL embedded reporter notes from the long drive from Kuwait into downtown Baghdad...
It was Marines from Col. McCoy's 3/4, that assisted the Iraqi citizens to bring down that huge bronze statue of Saddam in Baghdad's main square ---- the scene seen round the world on TV...
Stay tuned..the rest of the story should be good.
Semper Fi
25
posted on
11/10/2003 10:58:21 PM PST
by
river rat
(War works......It brings Peace... Give war a chance to destroy Jihadists...)
To: river rat
I don't know that I can wait for the five segments. What a great read, please ping me for the other's if you don't mind.
To: Lurker
Lurker, I'm so damned old - I forgot to mention the one quote I really wanted to include, about a "fair fight".
This from an old salt E6 that HAD to be at least 45 at the time.....maybe 150 pounds - quiet, stealthy and deadly as a cobra.
"A fair fight, is getting up to a warm breakfast and smelling that the napalm has already fried the enemy to a delightful crisp"..
Semper Fi
27
posted on
11/10/2003 11:15:18 PM PST
by
river rat
(War works......It brings Peace... Give war a chance to destroy Jihadists...)
To: Valin; river rat
Thanks Valin.
River Rat, ping to me to rest of the chapters, Thanks.
28
posted on
11/10/2003 11:15:27 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
(Everyone hates me because I'm paranoid.)
To: MissAmericanPie
How could one say "no" to a lady from Texas?
I'll try to remember all those that asked to be pinged for the other segments.....
But I'm so damned old and forgetful, I might forget to even check for the article tomorrow!
Old age is a &*^*(&^
Semper Fi
29
posted on
11/10/2003 11:28:59 PM PST
by
river rat
(War works......It brings Peace... Give war a chance to destroy Jihadists...)
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To: river rat
Ping another lady from Texas,please.
31
posted on
11/10/2003 11:45:49 PM PST
by
MEG33
To: All
This is Lt. Col. Bryan P. McCoy, commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment
And these are his Marines......
Semper Fi
32
posted on
11/10/2003 11:47:29 PM PST
by
river rat
(War works......It brings Peace... Give war a chance to destroy Jihadists...)
To: skull stomper
Come on...it shouldn't be that difficult...
Our checks were from the Department of the Navy.
Navy Corpsmen served with the grunts...
All the doctors that patched us up were Navy on Navy ships....
The first Marines were sailors assigned special duties...
Bet you didn't know that...last one....
Semper Fi
33
posted on
11/10/2003 11:51:39 PM PST
by
river rat
(War works......It brings Peace... Give war a chance to destroy Jihadists...)
To: river rat
It isn't tough for a USNR wife 53/56!
34
posted on
11/10/2003 11:53:50 PM PST
by
MEG33
To: Travis McGee; clintonh8r; prognostigaator; MEG33; NormsRevenge; tet68; The_Media_never_lie; ...
Testing tomorrow's ping list....
Photos added at bottom of todays post..
Semper Fi
35
posted on
11/10/2003 11:57:24 PM PST
by
river rat
(War works......It brings Peace... Give war a chance to destroy Jihadists...)
To: The Shrew
Thanks to you and all the others for your service.
The rest of us owe you bigtime.
To: river rat
Thanks for the ping.
To: river rat
What a great post!
I enjoyed every bit of it tremendously.
Comment #39 Removed by Moderator
To: river rat
What I wanna see is.........
1) The guys thats capture terrorists
2) bug them with traceing equipment, wireing for sound, let them go
3) track them to find where they end up (make notes)
4) raid those locations, capture more, break things
5) GOTO 2).
Bravado is such a waste when what you're after is species extinction..
40
posted on
11/11/2003 12:41:04 AM PST
by
hosepipe
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