[Jack Moroney (RIP)]

I know that this is going to date me, but what the hell maybe you will all be kind to a FOG. I can remember when the claymore was first introduced to us in Germany 1965; it was a very bad day. The individual who was demonstrating them thought that face this side towards enemy meant face it away from him and consequently faced it towards the grandstands taking out 35 troops wounded. Now it gets even better; this was not the day to be the range control guy. Later on that afternoon US 105s dropped 6 rounds into a bivouac area killing one and injuring several. The truck ferrying the injured from the claymore incident rolled over, complicating the injuries even more. Yours truly was the saftey officer for the company 81mm mortar firing and while enroute to the site where the mortars were setting up, German 175s fired short, cutting large chunks out of the mortar tracks and injuring two of my troops. As I was coming up to the firing point the medic was running the other way to get out of the impact area and I had to tackle him to find out what was going on. That night, as we were firing illum the wind shifted and landed our flares in the ammo dump, fortunately after they had burned out.

Jack Moroney-just another day in the life of a 2LT.