As I told you, Dad did have a few stories to tell…
THANKS FOR THE RECOGNITION. THE PICTURE WITH ALL Of THE TRACER BULLETS WAS PART OF AN EVENT CALLED THE "MAD MINUTE". IT WAS TO SHOW WHAT THE DEFENSIVE FIRE WOULD BE FOR A REINFORCED INFANTRY COMPANY IN THE DEFENSE (THE WAY IT WAS CONFIGURED IN 1960)
1703 Five M-48 tanks (long since out moded) firing all weapons, 1716 dad as a leader of "trained killers", 1713 was a simulated assault with live fire utilizing tanks and infantry. I was the on-the-ground infantry platoon leader on the exercise may times. It was very hot, dusty and noisy on warm afternoons in the summers of Georgia and yes you could hear the crack of machine gun bullets going by on our flanks - very close to overhead
And for further info on the previous post…
Mad Minute Described
As part of the demonstration the defense fire was added as the "enemy" advanced into the company's position. Finally every weapon was fired non-stop for one minute. It was very impressive and I might add a bit noisy. In addition to the infantry small arms you had the addition of tank, mortar and artillery fire along with simulated mine detonations. The sobering part of this is that I would guess many American soldiers actually fought their way through fire like this on the beaches at Normandy and the south pacific. In machine guns every fifth round is a tracer.
Yup…Dad, a Real American Hero.
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