What did soldiers sleep in during the Vietnam war?
In South Vietnam, for GIs IN THE FIELD...sleeping & eating
was practically all he lived for. Being as there was nothing else
to do other than patrolling/RIFing/ ambush parties/etc. One must
remember there were no:
1. No telephones (other than MARs at large bases).
2. No cell phones.
3. No GPS systems.
4. No fancy gadget cameras.
5. No Nintendo games.
6. No computers (Only National Defense and the CIA had
those).
7. No health foods. No foods at all other than C rations or care
packages.
8. No smart weapons (some experimental ones though, like the TOW
& Sagger).
9. No air conditioning.
10. No communication at all with anybody! Except for mail
call.
11. No showers.
12. No baths.
13. No movies.
14. No car, no bicycle, no nothing (except for your jungle boots
or your tank).
15. No flush toilets (dig a hole!).
16. No toilet paper (use water or leafs).
17. No tooth brush (one C ration meal has a tooth pick in it to
use as a tooth brush).
18. No clean drinking water (use two tablets of iodine pills per
1 qt. canteen full).
19. No women. Just men lowered to the level of primitive animals
(kill, eat, and sleep-and not in that particular order).
So what else was there to do in the field (boonies, jungle,
etc.)? Sleep, eat, and fight. And thats what war is really about.
Anyone can pull a trigger (thats why some states in America REQUIRE
trigger locks on firearms...because any CHILD can pull a
trigger)...wars are not about pulling triggers...wars are about
surviving and keeping your sanity while living 365 days under those
19 conditions listed above.
