6 Boxes of Steak in Dry Ice,,for the Officers Mess

[Anonymous Vet]

Long ago and far away, I was a 19 Year old aircraft commander in the BIG RED ONE No Mission To Difficult No Sacrifice To Great Duty First,Yea Yea ,.Any How i was flying Ash and Trash out of Phuloi and one of the trips was to resupply a Ground Unit with the iron brigade You guys know the drill SP packs C rats water ammo etc This Unit had seen some shit and were hurting for certain,The Young DAC( Thats Dumb Ass Captain) Was a good Guy and I and My crew liked His style and that of His Men, He hopped up on My skid and asked if I could try to get some beer for His kids and handed Me a fistfull of mpc I pulled pitch went back to PhuLoi to refuel and My Crew Chief Steve Dobry(KIA) hit the hooches and came back with 4 cases of san Miguel,, We went on to other Missions and just as We were done for the day We were sent to the Red Carpet Pad to pick up a prioroty package for delivery to Xeon,, well the package Was 6 Boxes of Steak in Dry Ice,,for the Officers Mess at Xeon..As I pulled pitch I went up on the intercom and My crew and I decided that Ouy Young Dac and His troops deserved something more that the beer,,We flew up to Thunder Two were You could get bags of charcoal and bought some then went to Lie Khe to pick up the mermite cans of chow for Our Boys from the Iron Brigade after I took off I hit the deck low leval and called reciving fire.
I did some Hairy turns in case some was watching and then went on to deliver the chow to the troops also they got beer, Steaks and charcoal..Our story was that the Steaks had fallen overboard when I took evasive manuvers after reciving fire and to make the story plausable I aske for the exec to meet Me when We landed..He was suitably impressed with Our tale of a harrowing experience..
The Young Dac later was KIA
Later,He was Hit in the chest and I evaced Him but He was dead by the time I landed in DauTieng..God Bless Him and all You..Bulldog18

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