Dedication

In a change of pace from Vietnam, I have dedicated this post to one from the Greatest Generation, my father-in-law Army St.Sgt. Robert M. LeFebvre age 86, who passed away on Feb. 11, 2009 in Hudson Falls N.Y. He was born in Tupper Lake N.Y. and was a member of Merrills Marauders in Burma during WWII.

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Reactionary duty and the water buffalo

I received an email from Hank Duncan who said I should have been there when they had reactionary duty. Well Hank they still had it in 1969.

I don't know how many times a month we fell out for reactionary but I do remember one time during the monsoon season myself and another jarhead trying to sleep with rigged ponchos under a water buffalo, no Ma, not a REAL water buffalo but a water tank. In the morning we were soaked and covered in mud.

Reactionary, I remember it well.