Posted by lindy on 11/22/2006, 4:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Amusing real life TOD incident -- Clarification" --Previous Message--
That poor Gunner?
He obviously watched too much TOD LOL.
And joined the wrong Army LOL. j/k
He should go re-watch "Sleeping Dogs".
He'll get to see a Sgt Major get a real good chewing out. Which should put a smile on his face.
Lt Goldman made sure he and Sgt Major Tolliver were communicating LOL.
: As you will note at the start it says
: "This happened a couple of months after
: the show began
: airing". This happened in the Canadian
: Army, which does not have a tradition of
: addressing a Lieutenant as "LT".
:
: I was not in Vietnam -- I'm not that old
: :-)
:
: Interesting bit of trivia for you though --
: approximately 30, 000 Canadians served in
: Vietnam (around 100 known KIA), mostly with
: the U.S. Marine Corps (relaxed citizenship
: requirements allowed this to happen). In
: some cases, members of the same
: reserve/militia regiment would join at the
: same time and serve together. There's a
: picture floating around of an artillery
: battery in Vietnam with a big Canadian flag
: planted beside one of the guns. Someday I
: hope it turns up on the internet.
:
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