+ Reply to Thread
Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 1 2 3
Results 21 to 21 of 21

Thread: Black Soldier on okinawa with a bayonet lugged carbine

Click here to increase the font size Click here to reduce the font size
  1. #21
    Legacy Member DaveHH's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Last On
    03-18-2024 @ 01:37 PM
    Location
    Northern Calif
    Posts
    1,348
    Real Name
    David Haynes
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    09:08 AM
    I was raised in Petaluma, Calif. It was a small town just north of SF. I had never spoken to or shook hands with a black person. There were none around. When I was drafted in 1965, I met a few black folks and there were 3 in my platoon. I got along well with them,they were just like the other guys, some good, some not so good. When I went to 5th Inf in Colorado, I was seeing the first signs of discrimination and wondered why this was happening. It was kind of disgusting to see a new black Lt trying to get through a company full of sleepy soldiers at revelly. I had been in the army for 6 months and it was good infantry cadre at Ft Ord, I knew that someone was supposed to call everyone to attention and salute the officer. None of these lifer bozos was about to do the right thing so I just did it for them: a private E2 in a sea of lifer sergeants. The poor shavetail was relieved to find someone to do it right and I just thought that two years of these lifer dopes was going to be a chore. I guess to thank me for my service, they put me in a room with 5 black guys and I was just fine with that. These guys were from the deep south and were just the nicest people to be around. We went to a Jimmy McGriff concert at Colorado Springs and I was the only white guy in the place, a speck of salt in a bowl of pepper.
    Six months later and I'm in Vietnam. The unit was 52% black and the shoe was on the other foot. There was plenty of racism from both sides. There were fights, stabbings and enough racism to turn a good attitude into a bad one. The guys from Chicago and NY were lazy dangerous people. If you've ever seen Platoon, the way they went after each other was what our battalion was like. I couldn't wait to get away from that place and the fools white and black . I see our present situation and it is familiar: scared white folks washing the feet of black folks while they rob and burn our cities. It's a movie I've seen too many times, same people doing the same sh.. for the same reasons. God help us.
    Last edited by DaveHH; 08-18-2020 at 06:25 PM.

  2. The Following 4 Members Say Thank You to DaveHH For This Useful Post:


  3. # ADS
    Friends and Sponsors
    Join Date
    October 2006
    Location
    Milsurps.Com
    Posts
    All Threads
    A Collector's View - The SMLE Short Magazine Lee Enfield 1903-1989. It is 300 8.5x11 inch pages with 1,000+ photo’s, most in color, and each book is serial-numbered.  Covering the SMLE from 1903 to the end of production in India in 1989 it looks at how each model differs and manufacturer differences from a collecting point of view along with the major accessories that could be attached to the rifle. For the record this is not a moneymaker, I hope just to break even, eventually, at $80/book plus shipping.  In the USA shipping is $5.00 for media mail.  I will accept PayPal, Zelle, MO and good old checks (and cash if you want to stop by for a tour!).  CLICK BANNER to send me a PM for International pricing and shipping. Manufacturer of various vintage rifle scopes for the 1903 such as our M73G4 (reproduction of the Weaver 330C) and Malcolm 8X Gen II (Unertl reproduction). Several of our scopes are used in the CMP Vintage Sniper competition on top of 1903 rifles. Brian Dick ... BDL Ltd. - Specializing in British and Commonwealth weapons Specializing in premium ammunition and reloading components. Your source for the finest in High Power Competition Gear. Here at T-bones Shipwrighting we specialise in vintage service rifle: re-barrelling, bedding, repairs, modifications and accurizing. We also provide importation services for firearms, parts and weapons, for both private or commercial businesses.
     

+ Reply to Thread
Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 1 2 3

Similar Threads

  1. WW2 Soldier with Carbine
    By imntxs554 in forum M1/M2 Carbine
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: 05-19-2016, 04:14 PM
  2. Soldier with a M1 Paratrooper Carbine
    By imntxs554 in forum M1/M2 Carbine
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 12-17-2015, 12:04 PM
  3. U.S. Soldier with his Carbine
    By imntxs554 in forum M1 Garand/M14/M1A Picture of the Day Forum
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 06-03-2015, 02:57 PM
  4. No.7Mk1/L Bayonet with Black Grips?
    By Douglas Kerley in forum The Lee Enfield Knowledge Library Collectors Forum
    Replies: 37
    Last Post: 08-30-2011, 11:11 AM
  5. WTK How to fit stock to rear lugged receiver
    By iraqicollector in forum M1 Garand/M14/M1A Rifles
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 07-03-2009, 03:44 AM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Raven Rocks