[R-390] Military trash sites

[JMILLER1706 at cfl.rr.com]

Then there's the story about the pallets of NIB Collins radios and 
maybe 390s hurredly buried in trenches in Viet Nam during the final 
days.   Are they still there?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon at moscow.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 12:43 pm
Subject: Re: [R-390] Military trash sites

> When I was still serving the remainder of my reserve duty, I was 
> OD 
> one time at the Montana National Guard's summer camp in Helena, 
> Montana. 
> 
> That night, while I was on duty in the guard shack, my first 
> sergeant and 
> a bunch of the other guys all started walking past my shack with 
> shovels on their shoulders. I walked to the door and asked them 
> what 
> was going on. Sgt Sanford, my immediate boss, handed me a shovel 
> and said, you have my permission to lock the door and come with us 
> for 
> an hour.
> 
> After a 5 minute walk, we ended up at the base dump and everyone 
> started digging.
> 
> Within minutes, I found a brand new engine for one of our trucks, 
> several .50 M2 machine gun barrels, still covered with cosmoline 
> and 
> tinsel paper, and some brand new, still wrapped small first aid 
> kits. I 
> don't know for sure what the other guys found, but they all seemed 
> pleased. 
> 
> We didn't find any radio gear, although I was looking for it. The 
> only 
> thing I took was one of the first aid kits. I used it hunting for 
> many years 
> after that, refilling it when necessary.
> 
> That base was quite old and had been deactivated at least 5 years 
> before we used it for NG summer camp.
> 
> Our outfit was a service battery for a SP howitzer battalion. I 
> remember 
> the guys were VERY happy to find the engine, still sealed in a 
> crate. 
> They also found another engine there later: a huge Ford V-8 for 
> one of 
> the Sherman based SP howitzers which we still used at that time. 
> One 
> of those had blown an engine and we used this one to replace it with.
> 
> Incredible.
> 
> Ken W7EKB
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