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Anonymous ID: 38acb6 Jan. 23, 2024, 7:41 p.m. No.20292917   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2928 >>2929 >>2944 >>2949

>>20292885

>No general trying to win a war would allow their soldiers to eat this slop. This pizza dehydrates. Imagine the amount of water one must drink while committing genocide.

https://www.military.com/history/5-worst-rations-ever-given-troops-combat.html

 

Congress in 1775 established the ration for the Continental Army – three pints of peas or beans a week a pint of milk per day one pound of beef a day and one pound of bread or flour a day.

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/nation-world/2003/02/27/military-rations-through-ages-peas/50347804007/

Anonymous ID: 38acb6 Jan. 23, 2024, 7:48 p.m. No.20292953   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>3027

>>20292901

>Capt. Gary Rose

"Your job [as a combat medic] is to maintain the person’s life, to keep them out of shock … You’ve got to talk to the person. You’ve got to convince them that they’re going to be fine … even in the chaos of battle."

 

Rose received the most severe of many wounds on the second day of the mission. Rose’s wounds did not slow his eagerness or determination to save the wounded Soldiers.

 

During an assault by a company-sized element of North Vietnamese Army, one of the Montagnards was wounded 40 to 50 meters outside the company area. Rose ran, crawled, and maneuvered his way to this wounded man, shielding the Soldier with his own body, as he rendered lifesaving medical treatment. Rose then dragged the wounded Soldier back to the company with one hand while holding back and engaging the enemy with his weapon in the other hand.

 

Rose was returning to the company area with the wounded Soldier when a rocket propelled grenade landed nearby, spraying Rose with shrapnel in his back, leg, and severely crippling his foot. Using a stick as a crutch, as he would for the remainder of the mission, Rose continued professionally treating the wounded while ignoring his own painful wounds.

 

“I got a hole blown through my foot about the size of my thumb.”

Retired Capt. Gary M. Rose

https://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/rose/

 

"Sergeant Rose, braving the hail of bullets, sprinted fifty meters to a wounded soldier’s side. He then used his own body to protect the casualty from further injury while treating his wounds. After stabilizing the casualty, Sergeant Rose carried him through the bullet-ridden combat zone to protective cover. As the enemy accelerated the attack, Sergeant Rose continuously exposed himself to intense fire as he fearlessly moved from casualty to casualty, administering life-saving aid. A B-40 rocket impacted just meters from Sergeant Rose, knocking him from his feet and injuring his head, hand, and foot. Ignoring his wounds, Sergeant Rose struggled to his feet and continued to render aid to the other injured soldiers. During an attempted medevac, Sergeant Rose again exposed himself to enemy fire as he attempted to hoist wounded personnel up to the hovering helicopter, which was unable to land due to unsuitable terrain. The medevac mission was aborted due to intense enemy fire and the helicopter crashed a few miles away due to the enemy fire sustained during the attempted extraction. Over the next two days, Sergeant Rose continued to expose himself to enemy fire in order to treat the wounded, estimated to be half of the company’s personnel. On September 14, during the company’s eventual helicopter extraction, the enemy launched a full-scale offensive. Sergeant Rose, after loading wounded personnel on the first set of extraction helicopters, returned to the outer perimeter under enemy fire, carrying friendly casualties and moving wounded personnel to more secure positions until they could be evacuated. He then returned to the perimeter to help repel the enemy until the final extraction helicopter arrived. As the final helicopter was loaded, the enemy began to overrun the company’s position, and the helicopter’s Marine door gunner was shot in the neck. Sergeant Rose instantly administered critical medical treatment onboard the helicopter, saving the Marine’s life. The helicopter carrying Sergeant Rose crashed several hundred meters from the evacuation point, further injuring Sergeant Rose and the personnel on board. Despite his numerous wounds from the past three days, Sergeant Rose continued to pull and carry unconscious and wounded personnel out of the burning wreckage and continued to administer aid to the wounded until another extraction helicopter arrived. Sergeant Rose’s extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty were critical to saving numerous lives over that four day time period. His actions are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 1st Special Forces, and the United States Army."

https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/gary-m-rose