doublejj's BIG 2014 greenhouse adventure Reloaded......

lilroach

lilroach

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doublejj said:
After shooting that old .45 today, I thought you might appreciate this story PC:8)
......by John E. Holbrook. In early July 1967 I was sent to South Vietnam to try to determine why many of the 500 lb. bombs being delivered by naval aircraft were not detonating. I had extensive experience with both conventional and nuclear weapons. The VC would dig up these duds, melt out the Amatol and use the explosive to manufacture crude but very effective anti-personnel booby traps. I was assigned an EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team and we would be escorted by whatever Army or Marine units were available for protection. We would remove the fuses and detonate the bombs.
On July 13, 1967, while on one of these missions, we were attacked by a force of approximately 50 Viet Cong. As the attack developed my M16A1 jammed, which left me unarmed. I came across a wounded Marine officer, Captain Eldon M. Martin lying in a rice paddy. Captain Martin, although severely wounded was alert and indicated that he was lying on an M14, which was under water and that he had a fully loaded .45 pistol in his holster.
As I removed the Colt M1911A1 .45 automatic (serial # 23002XX) from the Captain, I observed three VC armed with AK-47s moving toward me in a crouched position through the thick grass which was about 2 meters high. I waited until they were within about 4 meters from me. I rose to a kneeling position using the grass as a shield. I put the front sight of the Colt on the man on the left and pulled the trigger. The man in the middle went down! I had jerked the trigger and was very lucky to have gotten a hit. I then moved back to the man on the left, held my breath and fired again. This round hit the man on the left in the chest and he went down. The last man realized what was happening and began firing his AK in my direction. I could see the bullets hitting the water in front of me as he brought the AK up. I fired my third round which hit the magazine of the AK, then glanced down striking him in the right leg. As he spun around from the impact of the 230 grain bullet, I fired two more rounds one of which hit him in the temple just above the left eye. The gunfight was over!
This action lasted not more that 4 seconds and I got four hits with five rounds of GI 230 grain hardball from a pistol that had mud and water in it. All of these hits were one shot stops against three men armed with automatic weapons. God bless the .45 ACP.
I must thank my father during World War II he carried a Colt Government Model and I was shooting the big Colt when I was 10. I was a very good shot with both pistol and rifle very early in life and took my first deer when I was 11. I must also thank John Browning and Colt for inventing and producing the finest combat pistol ever made, bar none. I believe that if I had been armed with a 9MM, both our names would be on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C.
Captain Martin, although badly wounded, survived the action. He insisted that I keep the Colt and I still have it. The greatest honor was when he named his first son after me in 1971. Unfortunately, Captain Martin died in 1991 of MLS. He was a good man, I miss him as I do all the fine young Americans who died in Vietnam.
After that action, I “lost” the M16 and acquired an M14, and I was in love.
John E. Holbrook
Chief Aviation Machinist Mate
U.S. Navy (Retired)
SN 361-43-78
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I had to carry a 1911 while on duty and while it wasn't all that accurate (with me shooting at least) I prefer it to the 9mm I have now as it felt like a part of my hand when holding it.
 
partlycloudy

partlycloudy

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Well sage figured since yesterday was her 9 month birthday that she would have a tear it up party today while I ran to town lol. She HAS done great about behaving while I'm gone but today she the little demon came out and trashed my slippers and my favorite pair of sandles lol she must be telling me the slippers suck(and they were not comfy at all) and the sandles were wore out with a couple holes in them but still just broke in finally. I'd love to take her with me everywhere but she don't like car rides and I was hoping I wasn't gonna have to lock her in the kennel anymore (does a lot of good to lock your guard dog up in a crate so people can break in with out a problem) ah yes the joys of being a dog owner lol. She knows she was bad and finally worked her way onto my lap to apologies

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doublejj

doublejj

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Vnsmkr said:
So does that mean only feds can some in and seize?
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It has more to do with transporting pot/cash. Local police would use fed law to seize cars/cash/property, without any evidence of a crime. If you travel with cash & the police stop you & find it, they will just take it due to federal drug policy..
 
doublejj

doublejj

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Vnsmkr said:
So nothing really changes then. Still gets seized by thieves...
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Yeah, they just have to work a little harder.
I know someone who was stopped by the police in NY for a minor traffic violation (following too close), and because they had Cali license plates they searched the car & found $33,000 cash. The police seized it & let them go, didn't even write a traffic ticket, never charged them with anything. Just took the money & let them go, strong armed robbery.
Now the police would have to find evidence of a crime to seize the money..
 
Vnsmkr

Vnsmkr

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Yep as I thought. Sad state of affairs until those federal laws change. They can just take what they want when they please, and don't think for a minute they can't make some sh*t up; certainly wouldn't be the 1st time
 
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