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chazman · 03-11-2002, 01:25 PM

We used to call those 'trophy' shots in Vietnam ... photos of you and your buddies standing over bodies of dead VC and NVA.

Here how we thought about it. You hunt Charlie day after day, night after night while he occasionally slips into your village to steal rice, murder a school teacher or kidnap a couple of teenagers to use as draft animals. Most often your ambushes and patrols come up empty. When you catch Charlie, you open fire on shadowy figures that disappear. Next day you find a splash of blood, a discarded backpack, a small bag of rice... nothing really concrete. Frustration is high.

When you actually kill a bad guy you feel like you just scored a touchdown. It's a thrill. You want to capture the Kodak moment. Years later you start to sympathize with the VC soldier dead at 19. He no doubt thought he was doing the right thing. Too fuckin' bad, but better him than you.

chaz

03-11-2002, 01:25 PM	#39
chazman Kinda New Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1	Israeli soldiers taking trophy shot We used to call those 'trophy' shots in Vietnam ... photos of you and your buddies standing over bodies of dead VC and NVA. Here how we thought about it. You hunt Charlie day after day, night after night while he occasionally slips into your village to steal rice, murder a school teacher or kidnap a couple of teenagers to use as draft animals. Most often your ambushes and patrols come up empty. When you catch Charlie, you open fire on shadowy figures that disappear. Next day you find a splash of blood, a discarded backpack, a small bag of rice... nothing really concrete. Frustration is high. When you actually kill a bad guy you feel like you just scored a touchdown. It's a thrill. You want to capture the Kodak moment. Years later you start to sympathize with the VC soldier dead at 19. He no doubt thought he was doing the right thing. Too fuckin' bad, but better him than you. chaz