When my ship was in the yards in '82, one of the welders told me a story about the New Jersey in Vietnam. I've posted this before, but what the heck.
His unit was pinned down due to a mass of fire coming from a treeline. They radioed in for artillery, asking for 8-10 rounds of high explosive. They were asked if they wanted Naval Gunfire Support. They responded "I don't care what it is, I need 8-10 rounds, I need high explosive, and I need it RIGHT NOW!"
The call came back "three rounds inbound". He said that shortly afterwards it seemed like "the whole world exploded". Everybody in the unit was bounced off the ground from the impact and explosion. Over one hundred yards of treeline was completely gone. There was no more fire coming from the now non-existent treeline.
They radioed back "what the hell was that?" and the radio operator said "we've got the Jersey sitting off shore". They shouted back "WELL DON'T SEND ANY MORE!"
The radio operator called back "get your heads down, you've got three more inbound".
LOL...Awesome story ! Thanks for sharing it again.....
Great story...tell it as often as you like please.
My Dad was a Lt. on an LCI,during WWII, PTO. He used to tell me that up forward, after the big guns fired some miles behind them, that they could literally see the big projectiles flying over.
Great story. Thanks for sharing.
cool story. thanks