My First Combat Patrol

By Richard H. Dick James Before departing camp, I was warned that the terrain surrounding Cai Cai was honeycombed with VC mines, and to be on the alert. No amount of training will give a soldier true battle experience. The only way to get that experience, and learn if you can handle it, is toContinue reading “My First Combat Patrol”

The Beretta Model 38

There was a lot of iconic guns that became famous, or more famous, during WW2. The submachine guns seemed to get special attention.