Slicky Boy Stories: The Radio and the Target

The Radio:

I remember one time we were in the field on an FTX, and our
mess hall was bivouaced in a semi permanent position to serve us chow,
wither when we were in the AO, or by MerMites.
Anyway, it was the late ’70s and big boom boxes were very popular. One
of the cooks had brought a boom box that was only slightly smaller than a
fully loaded duffel bag. He plugged it into their generator and had an
ample supply of his favorite tunes which could be heard across the
deserted Korean countryside.
One night he went to sleep with his box tuned to the AFKN radio station,
and when he awoke the next morning his box was gone, but there was a
small battery powered transistor radio about the size of a pack of
cigarettes (worth about $2) tuned to AFKN radio where his had been.

Apparently Slicky Boy considered it a fair trade.

The Target:

We were on tank gunnery and I was assigned as a loader
because the tankers were short a few warm bodies. It was nighttime and
we were organized with tanks to the right and left of the one firing to
provide alternate illumination. The target was a large canvas bulls eye
stretched over a two by four frame that was atop a berm a few hundred
meters out. Got the picture?
So there we were, firing away, when the gunner has a problem acquiring
the target. Turns out the target is moving!! Some slicky boys had crept out
to the berm, and were in the process of stealing the target while we were
shooting at the damn thing.
The Lt in charge calls a cease fire and we tried to go get the governments
property back. Personally I think they should have let it be, as I’ve always
preferred the challenge of a moving target………

Submitted By ; Sgt Horace Carder
`A` Troop, 4/7 Cav
This slicky boy story was from Korea, A Tour of Duty.
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