The FReeper Foxhole Profiles The Navy Corpsman - February 8th, 2004

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[snippy_about_it]

...since I get to take care of my kids nowadays

Fate Iris7, you must have been meant to be where you are today. ;-)

[stand watie]

HI, sam!

free dixie,sw

[stand watie]

!!!!!!!

[snippy_about_it]

What the heck, it's a slow night

[SAMWolf]

Good Song.

Only now I always see Whoopie Godberg singing it since I saw Sister Act.

[snippy_about_it]

It figures! *groan*

[SAMWolf]

Actually they did a good job on it. :-)

[R. Scott]

I learned respect for the US Navy Sea Bees and Navy
Corpsmen on the beach at Dong Hoa, RVN during Tet ‘68. They were all volunteers from Da Nang - a nice safe quiet city compared to Dong Hoa. It would cost several Sea Bee forklift operators to unload our LCUs. The NVA artillery (130 mm howitzers) were blowing them away on an all too frequent basis. One would fall from the forklift, a corpsman would run out and carry him to “safety” as another Sea Bee climbed up to finish the unloading.
The beach area was fairly small - smaller than a football field - and I had counted about 2 or 3 rounds a minute incoming. While we hunkered down in the false safety of a bunker, the corpsmen would be near the entrance, ready to run out and render aid. Several corpsmen as well as SeaBees paid the price of their sworn duty.
To this day if I encounter a combat medic or corpsman in a bar I buy him a drink.

[snippy_about_it]

Thank you so much for sharing your story with the Foxhole and thank you for your service. The combat medics, corpsmen and pararescue troops are certainly God's angels.

[colorado tanker]

In 1955 the Athletics moved to Kansas City, where they compiled a 829-1,222 record. Charlie Finley sold the team, not realing that by 1967 it had the makings of a contender. The Athletics moved to Oakland, where they became a world series caliber team, reviving the tradition of Connie Mack.

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks tanker.

[colorado tanker]

Hi Snippy. Had an interesting weekend. My son was in a widget league basketball tournament for third and fourth graders. You never know what's going to happen with kids that age and there were several exciting games. They won the championship by one point. Those boys were on cloud nine.

[SAMWolf]

Congrats to your son's team. Pizza and root beer for all!!

[RMrattlesnake]

I served a a Corpsman with 1/5 and 3/5 91-93 whoo raaaaaaaah thanks for the tribute.

[snippy_about_it]

I served a a Corpsman with 1/5 and 3/5 91-93

Thank you for your service.

whoo raaaaaaaah thanks for the tribute.

LOL. We do that kind of stuff at the Foxhole every day, it's our mission. ;-)