Post by PM335 on Dec 31, 2002 23:46:38 GMT -5
BAN ME THOUT- Barbecued lizard is the latest delicacy for Paratroopers of the 4th Battalion, 503d Infantry.
The Sky Soldiers have encountered the reptiles in the far western jungles of Vietnam while searching for NVA soldiers in the Central Highlands along the Cambodian border.
On an operation near Ban Me Thuot, PFC Jonny Freeman of Portsmouth Va, spotted a five foot lizard. "It was the biggest one I've seen," said the Paratrooper of D Co, 4th Bn, 503rd Inf "I killed him with one shot from my M16."
The lizard killed by Freeman weighed 20 pounds and is known to the troopers as the "cluck cluck" lizard because of the loud noise he makes, especially at night.
Not ones to waste, the Paratroopers beheaded and skinned the lizard to eat with their regular rations. "It's pretty good eating," said Sp4 Edward Parsons of Wharton Texas, "tastes a little like squirrel "
The Sky Soldiers have encountered the reptiles in the far western jungles of Vietnam while searching for NVA soldiers in the Central Highlands along the Cambodian border.
On an operation near Ban Me Thuot, PFC Jonny Freeman of Portsmouth Va, spotted a five foot lizard. "It was the biggest one I've seen," said the Paratrooper of D Co, 4th Bn, 503rd Inf "I killed him with one shot from my M16."
The lizard killed by Freeman weighed 20 pounds and is known to the troopers as the "cluck cluck" lizard because of the loud noise he makes, especially at night.
Not ones to waste, the Paratroopers beheaded and skinned the lizard to eat with their regular rations. "It's pretty good eating," said Sp4 Edward Parsons of Wharton Texas, "tastes a little like squirrel "
Those big snakes weren't that bad either.