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leveymg

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1. This reminds me of things I read about how the VietCong could smell US troops from a long way off

Reply to EFerrari (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:38 PM

Mar 2012

pinpointing their location and numbers before they could be seen in the jungle.

Who knows how many GIs died because of the smell of Marlboros and Aqua Velva in the morning.

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Afghanistan: A Gathering Menace [View all] EFerrari Mar 2012 OP

This reminds me of things I read about how the VietCong could smell US troops from a long way off leveymg Mar 2012 #1

i think i'm not a fan of the volunteer army any more. xchrom Mar 2012 #2

So many atrocities of these wars result from professional frustration, not mutinous fraggings leveymg Mar 2012 #3

+1 xchrom Mar 2012 #4

The boyfriend of my late teens was just back EFerrari Mar 2012 #5

The MPs had the best (and the most) leveymg Mar 2012 #6

Mr. Shea cbrer Mar 2012 #7

I know SOMEONE who won't be invited back "to do fucked-up things" for a long time! kenny blankenship Mar 2012 #8