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When the Greeks were assigned to man the OP, their
colonel (Koumanakis I think) asked our Regimental Commander for help in
placing .50 machine guns on the hill. Regt tasked the Tank Co. and the
Company Commander tasked me.
So armed with my handy "Go-No-Go" gauge, I went up to Harry with the Greeks. Believe me when I say I've never seen so many .50 cal. machine guns in one unit. The Greeks specialized in swiping them especially from the 73rd Tank Bn. and occasionally from our company. Anyway, I spent the day adjusting head space and figuring fields of fire (and taking photos). As you know, we did not pre-test weapons on the OP because the CCF would spot their location and target them for "pole charges." It also permitted me to reconnoiter the terrain on the east side of the OP because I was to take my platoon out there if there was an attack. The mission was to cover the slope leading from Star to the forward loop of the OP. There was an attack and we did go out. We had a platoon of Greeks with us as ground security and received a fair amount of mortar and artillery fire during the fight. Two of the Greeks with us were wounded and I had the headlights "cleaned" off of the forward slope of my tank. Then, just before dawn when things quieted down, we loaded the wounded Greeks on to our tanks and returned to the MLR. |
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