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Originally Posted by Earthpig
I had an NCO throw a box of non electric blasting caps to me once......Idiot!
I had an Lt. start to go north instead of south..... which wasn't too bad if we weren't near the DMZ in Korea 
I had a Sgt. standing on a non electric blasting cap that was taped off to 800+ lbs. of Amatol charges......because he didn't want the shrapnel from the cap
(if it accidently went off) to hurt anybody......there would not have been enough left of the platoon to sponge up let alone get hit with shrapnel  |
And that's why I tried to steer well clear of American soliders.....
Anyone got caught even THINKING about doing anything as stupid as throwing or standing on detonators would find themselves laying on their backs with the air knocked out of their lungs and two seconds later be up on a charge.