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    Nicky, Sasquatch, and Pink Elephants
    Nicky, Sasquatch, and Pink Elephants
    Nicky, Sasquatch, and Pink Elephants
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    Nicky, Sasquatch, and Pink Elephants

    By J. Michael Green

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    Not everything that happens in a war zone is gruesome. Vietnam provided an opportunity for American youth to meet, often face-to-face, exotic animals, from leeches to Cobras and Bengal Tigers. The Nam also resulted in funny/odd/humorous events in the bush and back at base camp. These stories reflect some of the odd/weird/humorous events and encounters by members of Third Reconnaissance Battalion, Third Marine Division along the DMZ.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJ. Michael Green
    Release dateApr 7, 2012
    ISBN9781476257747
    Nicky, Sasquatch, and Pink Elephants
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    J. Michael Green

    Mike Green was born in Arizona but lived in Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska before he entered third grade. His formative years were spent in Antelope Valley, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. After his military service, he spent eight years in Anchorage where he married and started a family. Seattle held him for thirteen years and he has been in Tucson ever since. He has held many titles over the decades although his favorites are husband, father, grandfather, and sergeant of Marines.

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      Nicky, Sasquatch, and Pink Elephants - J. Michael Green

      Nicky, Sasquatch, and Pink Elephants

      the SMASHWORDS EDITION

      of a Blue Plate publication

      Copyright 2012 by J. Michael Green

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your enjoyment. It may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or if it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return it to the same bookseller and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author’s work.

      Foreword

      This collection of stories is not about combat and blood and guts, but about the odd and weird, and even humorous, things that happen in a combat zone. My war was Vietnam and these stories are all true–at least the basic facts. Most of them concerned Marine Recon, where I had the privilege to serve during my war. I have fictionalized a story to fit the fact in an attempt to make the story more entertaining. The characters exist only in my mind.

      The Marine Corps collectively is one of the most profane groups in the world. This collection was written for a general audience and I have purposely omitted the swearing for any younger or easily offended readers. It’s up to the reader to read between the lines to substitute or even add what may be more appropriate language.

      For any combat veterans, please understand that I have not dwelled on the horror of war or the constant stress felt by an eight-man recon team operating deep in enemy territory. I have touched on the stress as well as the physical and mental hardships such as leeches, deadly snakes, tigers, heat, humidity, monsoon rains, and tropical diseases.

      For any non-vets, operating in Vietnam was no walk in the park. Even the innocuous rice paddies could be deadly since they were fertilized with night soil (human feces) and occasionally harbored deadly snakes and microbes that caused nasty tropical diseases. Strapping on ninety pounds of gear and climbing sixty degree slopes in the nineties (90-plus degrees and 90 percent humidity) while trying to maintain stealth was physically exhausting.

      The threat of walking into an ambush or meeting a large enemy force was mentally taxing and kept the adrenalin pumping. Surprise and reaction time more often than not decided the winner of such an encounter.

      The last story, The Dixie Diner Patrol, was my first attempt at this series and was written in first person. It was published in 2011 by The Blue Guitar, an on-line magazine, and I decided not to re-write it with the same characters as the other stories but leave it as originally published.

      Marine Recon was staffed largely by eighteen- to twenty-year old Americans armed with lethal weapons. All in all, they conducted themselves with aplomb and more than occasional acts of heroism. I am proud to have served with them.

      Acknowledgements

      When I began writing a few years ago, I realized my high school and college English was lying dormant in the far nooks and crannies of my brain. When I decided a refresher course was needed, I lucked out by discovering a local writer/editor/instructor in Harvey Stanbrough of Writing the World (harveystanbrough.com). More than refreshing my knowledge of English, he taught me many of the nuances of writing. Thanks and Semper Fi, Harvey.

      Keri Mathews (kerimathews.com), was somewhat out of her element as an editor of military stories, but she did a good job telling an old man he was wrong in his use of punctuation and word usage. Thanks, Keri.

      Jason Brown, a young friend and talented artist, is responsible for the cover art.

      Lastly, my bride of forty years, Leslee, deserves many thanks for allowing me to play on the computer after dinner and on weekends while I wrote these stories.

      * * * * *

      Disclaimer

      This is a work of fiction, a product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance or similarity to any actual events or person, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      * * * * *

      Nicky, Sasquatch, and Pink Elephants

      unusual tales of Vietnam from a Recon Marine

      Table of Contents

      The Dixie Diner Patrol

      Chief

      Nicky’s First Patrol

      The Rifle Inspection

      Burning The Shitters

      Bridge Duty

      Desert Rat

      Pink Elephants

      Davy

      Sasquatch’s Encounter

      The Dixie Diner Patrol

      Marine Recon is an all-volunteer outfit and it attracted a

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