[GCARC] Radiomen in the Vietnam War faced a 5-second life expectancy

[Bob Keogh]

I finished RM “A” school Mar of 68 and they offered me Sub School and I said “no thank you”.   So, I was assigned to the “Gator Navy”, transporting Marines across the ocean  and landing them on the beach.

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When I attended Navy Radioman "A" school in Bainbridge MD in 1971, we
had several guys that volunteered for Beach Jumper duty. In layman's
terms, they volunteered to be the radio operators for Marines in Vietnam.

NO thank you! I went for Submarine duty...

Harry - AA2WN


On 3/30/2021 12:31 PM, Bob Keogh wrote:
> GCARC
>
> Take a couple minutes to read this article and try to imagine being a Radioman in Vietnam the next time you push the PTT button on your little HT.
>
> Don’t wait for Veterans Day to thank a vet.
>
> Bob (now KD2NEC was Oscar Hotel)
>
> https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/radiomen-life-expectancy-vietnam-war/
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