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Bravo Co. - Minesweeping with machines (and people)

Bravo Co. 233 track, charging across an open field toward the woodline beyond. This was a primitive (very) form of minesweeping, because we didn't have the resources/means of using mine detection equipment on an area of that size, and the plan was to set up an NDP (Night Defensive Position) there. This was shortly after the Alpha Co. medic track (20 track) hit a booby-trapped American bomb right in the middle of our perimeter on the same operation (Paul Bunyan). Most of the soldiers were off-loaded first, to minimize potential casualties. I was riding on 232 track when I took these photos and realized I was a human minesweeper. I'm sure the rationale was something like "We need a medic nearby in case one of these tracks hits a mine. If it's the track the medic's on . . . well, we have other medics" (oops!).


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Guest 13-Jan-2016 20:42
Dave, I was on the 232 track with you that day, remember it well. I was the squad leader.
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