Methodology
Bruce, I will take your post in the jest it was intended...
I don't care if someone has been in the game 50 years or 5 days, posting theories without being able to provide some form of primary source proof is just adding the the litany of myths and half-truths that exist in this industry. There is nothing that would make me happier then to have someone attach a scan from a document of CO giving instruction to draw BD for the invasion or what ever, but so far, I have not seen anything.
Vets are great people, we own them a lot and they achieved great things, but they are human. Stories from Vets about kit, weapons, locations, events or daring do are just that, stories. Most Vets didn't give a rat’s backside about what they were issued or when, so enjoy the stories, right them down, but they are but one piece of the puzzle, to base a theory on one piece and one piece only is not good methodology.
I am a Vet, from UNPROFOR, it was 17 years ago. If I told you that we had to paint our issue helmets blue when we got them in Croatia because Canada had to get there fast from Germany an there was not time to paint them in Lahr. Would you believe me? Remember, I was there, I am a Vet (and to boot I have 30 years collecting experience).
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