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Old 10-12-2011, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Graebarde View Post
My son was ending his first term at the time, stationed in Panama with the 1-508th. They rotated Light Fighters/Marines in before the incursion (as my son points out "we were already there so it was NOT an invasion" LOL). He said they (LF) had fire fights with howlers and fireflys in the jungle at night.

As for coordination with light fighters and tanks, it could have been some unit OTHER than 7LID that interacted with the tanks. The boys in 193IB were ALL light fighters, as was the eighty-douches once they were feet on the ground. But it was easy to ID the 7LID with their 'cool' ghillie net helmet covers.

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The stories that I've heard from people who were stationed in the old canal zone have that the 7LID were more than a bit trigger happy. The official records all mention that they received enemy fire and replied with the least possible force. But there are too many stories making the rounds that have the Bayonet Division operating with a very, very loose version of the ROE. How true are the stories? I don't know, wasn't there, but I hear these stories from people that I consider to be reliable.

As for the M-60 platoon, it was supposed to have been troops from the 193rd IB.
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