[elcid1970]

I may have read Chickenhawk that same year or another Vietnam novel where a PFC flounces into the C.O.’s office, announces that he’s queer and demands a Section 8 discharge. The C.O. gets up, unzips his fly and advances toward the PFC saying “Prove it”.

The PFC hastily retreats and declares he’s not really queer. The C.O. tells him to get the h*** back to work.

Anyway, that was before `chickenhawk’ became politicized & no longer meant a bird of prey.

Accidental discharge used to mean a field grade Article 15. I wore my trusty .38 in a belt holster. Trying to figure out how that would happen

[Steely Tom]

Accidental discharge used to mean a field grade Article 15.

My recollection is that his boss was angry with him, but that he had come just through on a real hazardous mission, and they found a way to replace the omni and fix the hole in the front of the Huey, and life went on except that the other guys would give him s*** about it from time to time.

One of the lines was something like "so exactly what happened, did the omni try to sneak up on you, or did you just suddenly decide to kill the s*** out of it?"

It may have been one of the times he was on his way home and saw smoke in the distant jungle, radioed it in along with approximate location, and was immediately ordered to go investigate and rescue any personnel if possible.

[Steely Tom]

I may have read Chickenhawk that same year or another Vietnam novel where a PFC flounces into the C.O.’s office, announces that he’s queer and demands a Section 8 discharge. The C.O. gets up, unzips his fly and advances toward the PFC saying “Prove it”.

Yes, I think that incident was in Chickenhawk.