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Old 11-17-2012, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly View Post
Field Expedients

During the Vietnam War, soldiers serving in the central highlands found the weather pretty chilly (40-50 degrees Farenheit). Troops sometimes found themselves in the field or remote outpsots without their normal sleeping gear. The more hardened types would improvise a sleeping bag out of the "Pouch, Human Remains", better known as a body bag. Those who used the body bag reported to it was reasonably cozy.

"Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War"
Just don't get zipped up in one by a buddy. Recall the scene from Boys in Company C when they first arrived in Nam.
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