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Korea was cold. It's hard to explain, it was
a landscape like you never saw, it was all hills -- whenever there was a
low spot that was level, that was rice paddies. Which would come in
handy, the rice paddies were great in the winter, because they froze
over and that gave you a level spot for the helicopters to come in and
take out the wounded. Otherwise, it was very difficult to land there.
winter had it's drawbacks, but in a way it was helpful to us. In the
summer, I guess it was just like any other time. If anything moved out
in front of you you were allowed to shoot at it, if it was out in front
of you, it was fair game. Now, you didn't deliberately shoot at
civilians -- you could tell them by their dress. And the Chinese, you
could tell them apart, they had a different look about them. |
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