Motivational posters

[MA Duce]

The pic is a 76mm. However I spent the first 20 years of my career working on 5" guns. In fact probably the same system your friend worked on in Nam.

OK...then you probably have knelt in the gun pit of a 5/38 trying to stuff an ejector spring and plunger in with oily fingers after dropping the block. Ever got to duck when it went whizzing around your ears???

 

[magnum]

I have a couple of cool ones:

 

[deadeye]

Tis the season in more ways than one.......

 

[ZigZagZeke]

Very nice. I work with a guy who used to be on a 5" (I think 5" is what he said) gun back in Vietnam. He has some amazing stories.

This is a story that floated among the Tin Can Navy at the end of the Vietnam War:

The USS Turner Joy, a destroyer with three 5"-38's spotted a target off the coast of North Vietnam.

Assuming it friendly, a radio call was put out:
"This is the USS Turner Joy, Please identify yourself."

No response.

Signal lights were used:
"This is the USS Turner Joy, identify yourself, friend or foe."

No response.

Signal lights again:
"This is the USS Turner Joy, identify yourself or we will commence firing"

Answer:
"This is the Battleship USS New Jersey, You may fire when ready!"

 

[hyejinlove]

Yah! I love this thread!

 

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For your enjoyment.

 

[Dell_dude]

 

[Trlsmn]

For your enjoyment.

Hehe! that's Pat and his family from Oregon_Research_Labs-LLC in Vernonia.

And yes those are Automatic weapons.

 

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A couple more:

 

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[Dell_dude]

 

[MA Duce]

I couldn't cut back so fast...but I can cut back to only three beers a day!!!!

 

[ZigZagZeke]

When my grandfather was about 80 his doctor told him, "Guy, you're going to have to give up beer altogether."

My grandfather replied, "I'd rather $%#&^ die than quit drinking beer!"

So the doctor said, "Well, you can have one beer a day, but only if you walk the 6 blocks to the store to get it."

So every day my Grandfather would walk the 6 blocks to the store, buy a QUART bottle of beer, and shuffle happily on home with it.

 

[trainsktg]

He probably outlived the doctor, too .

Keith

 

[FarmerTed1971]

 

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I've been saving these just to post today.

 

[PinkhamR]

Great Christmas Posters ...

 

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