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David Long
Hi All Y'all,
Good news is that the MRSA infection appears to have beaten into submission - blood work is coming back clean, all pre-admission testing is good and I'm scheduled for the 1st surgery of the day @ 7:30am on 8/15.
Not bad news, but - did you know that the baskets on the kiddie carts in the grocery store are exactly knee high? I found that out today, but this too shall pass.
Mike Franks - I was one of those guys - NCO E5 sergeant, but it only took 16 months - but unless we were running overnight squad ambushes that I led, I only had 4 guys reporting to me, as I was in charge of the Forward Observers for companies India, Kilo, Lima, and Mike. It was pretty easy as I was also the FO for India. You're correct, our meals were leftover from Korea and we all pretty much got hooked on cigarettes, as we got a 4-pack with every box of C-rations. We did NOT have to account for our rounds as we were in a free-fire zone - if it moved in the bush and wasn't another Marine, shoot it. You're also correct about our supplies - we once went out on a 3-day op and didn't get resupplied until 12 days later, after being down to 1/4 rations, we finally got some food dropped to us and more ammo, and headed back inside the wire 3 1/2 days later. That was the toughest patrol I ever was on.
Thanks again to everyone for all the prayers and kind thoughts!
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