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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
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'Excuse me Marine, you seem to have a stoppage with your rifle.
Judging by the smoke it is possible the ping happened just a millisecond before the photo was snapped.
- Darren
1 PL West Nova Scotia Regiment 2000-2003
1 BN Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 2003-2013
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I'm thinking no one heard the clip exit.
Ed
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Just finished rereading Foley's "Vision From a Foxhole" (superb, highly recommended)... he said the most terrifying time for an infantryman is that few seconds when your rifle is empty and you are fishing madly for another clip.
Real men measure once and cut.
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Just finished rereading Foley's "Vision From a Foxhole" (superb, highly recommended)... he said the most terrifying time for an infantryman is that few seconds when your rifle is empty and you are fishing madly for another clip.
Great Book read it years ago. one lesson learned - don't shoot at Germans from behind a barrel of cow urine
Foley is still alive - here is his web site visions from a foxhole
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