Originally Posted By: treblig1958
Originally Posted By: L. Brown
Slight diversion: In the Army, Infantry is the "Queen of Battle". Artillery is the king. And the Queen tells the King where to put the balls.


Mr. Brown with all do respect, when you were in weren't they still using flintlocks? smile

More on point I've taken geese with a 16 gauge using Kent's Tm but that was when we were out duck hunting and I'm an average to below average shot at best.


No . . . but I did carry an M-1 for a long time. Broke the stock on the one I was issued in Basic . . . overly enthusiastic "butt stroke" on a bayonet assault course. Thought my $78/month pay would disappear for awhile to pay for it. Instead, the drill instructor--who I think was pretty surprised, because M-1's make excellent clubs--got a big smile on his face and said: "By God, that's the spirit of the bayonet!"