They did the same thing here in SC back in the 1960's when I was a teen. The "good guys" wore a blue arm band and the "bad guys" wore a red band. Took over our town and camped all over grandpa's farm and surrounding farms. They had mock firefights (blanks) in the woods and fields. Us boys had a damn ball, then when they pulled out they gave us cases of C-Rats. Each meal in the case had cans of food, a candy bar, a P38 and small pack of cigarettes with 5 per pack. Assorted brands of cigs, Winston, Pall Mall, Marlboro, etc. I still have five .30 cal (7.62) and five .50 cal ammo cans. One .30 cal can is still full of brass I picked up at one of the firefight scenes. Friend of mine found an M14 hanging on a tree limb on his dad's farm. His dad wimped out and turned it in. I'd hate to have been the soldier that lost his rifle. Little did I know then that only a few years later I would do two tours in SEA doing the real thing.
They did the same thing here in SC back in the 1960's when I was a teen. The "good guys" wore a blue arm band and the "bad guys" wore a red band. Took over our town and camped all over grandpa's farm and surrounding farms. They had mock firefights (blanks) in the woods and fields. Us boys had a damn ball, then when they pulled out they gave us cases of C-Rats. Each meal in the case had cans of food, a candy bar, a P38 and small pack of cigarettes with 5 per pack. Assorted brands of cigs, Winston, Pall Mall, Marlboro, etc. I still have five .30 cal (7.62) and five .50 cal ammo cans. One .30 cal can is still full of brass I picked up at one of the firefight scenes. Friend of mine found an M14 hanging on a tree limb on his dad's farm. His dad wimped out and turned it in. I'd hate to have been the soldier that lost his rifle. Little did I know then that only a few years later I would do two tours in SEA doing the real thing.
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